CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT

This paper presents findings of a research about the systematic solutions to the needs of migrant/ refugee children, who were passing through Serbia during the transit period in 2015 and 2016. The aim of the research is to analyze systematic solutions to the needs of the children and to define rec...

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Main Authors: Iva Branković, Anita Burgund Isakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Human Rehabilitation 2018-04-01
Series:Human Research in Rehabilitation
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description This paper presents findings of a research about the systematic solutions to the needs of migrant/ refugee children, who were passing through Serbia during the transit period in 2015 and 2016. The aim of the research is to analyze systematic solutions to the needs of the children and to define recommendations for improving the protection of unaccompanied children during the migrant crisis. It involved 17 professionals from Centers for Social Work and 18 representatives of governmental and non-governmental sector, who shared their experiences by participating in the individual interviews and focus groups. One of the key findings identified is the need to establish mechanisms for enhancing cooperation among stakeholders in relevant systems, especially between the social protection system and the non-governmental organizations at the local level. Furthermore, a special part of the research is dedicated to official child protection procedures in cases of unaccompanied children and children at risk as it was noticed during the research preparation that, in addition to the uncertainty with respect to roles and difficulties in communication among various actors, there is a particularly significant challenge in the child protection system considering the doubts about the steps in the process of protection of children migrants/refugees in the specific circumstances of their passage or prolonged stay in Serbia.
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spelling doaj.art-6789cfff31154541b02b96ec64efb91a2023-12-03T14:30:51ZengInstitute for Human RehabilitationHuman Research in Rehabilitation2232-99352232-996X2018-04-0181172610.21554/hrr.041803CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXTIva Branković0Anita Burgund Isakov1Republic Institute for Social Protection Faculty of Political Sciences University of BelgradeThis paper presents findings of a research about the systematic solutions to the needs of migrant/ refugee children, who were passing through Serbia during the transit period in 2015 and 2016. The aim of the research is to analyze systematic solutions to the needs of the children and to define recommendations for improving the protection of unaccompanied children during the migrant crisis. It involved 17 professionals from Centers for Social Work and 18 representatives of governmental and non-governmental sector, who shared their experiences by participating in the individual interviews and focus groups. One of the key findings identified is the need to establish mechanisms for enhancing cooperation among stakeholders in relevant systems, especially between the social protection system and the non-governmental organizations at the local level. Furthermore, a special part of the research is dedicated to official child protection procedures in cases of unaccompanied children and children at risk as it was noticed during the research preparation that, in addition to the uncertainty with respect to roles and difficulties in communication among various actors, there is a particularly significant challenge in the child protection system considering the doubts about the steps in the process of protection of children migrants/refugees in the specific circumstances of their passage or prolonged stay in Serbia.https://human.ba/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Article-3..pdfmigrants / unaccompanied refugee childrenchild protectionsystematic solutions to the needs of the protection of children migrants/refugeeschild protection proceduresCenter for Social Workcase management
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CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT
Human Research in Rehabilitation
migrants / unaccompanied refugee children
child protection
systematic solutions to the needs of the protection of children migrants/refugees
child protection procedures
Center for Social Work
case management
title CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT
title_full CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT
title_fullStr CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT
title_full_unstemmed CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT
title_short CHILD PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ON THE MOVE - SERBIAN CONTEXT
title_sort child protection of children on the move serbian context
topic migrants / unaccompanied refugee children
child protection
systematic solutions to the needs of the protection of children migrants/refugees
child protection procedures
Center for Social Work
case management
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