Open AccessPlanning for the Return of Separated Children Seeking Asylum: An Inter-Country Social Service Perspective
Author(s) -
Sarah Crowe
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.21256
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , variety (cybernetics) , service (business) , public relations , political science , business , economic growth , economics , marketing , artificial intelligence , computer science
A variety of circumstances contribute to an increasingly large number of minors who leave family, home, and country to seek asylum on foreign soil. They present special challenges to state and local authorities, to relevant non-governmental agencies, and to the international community. This paper considers the planning needs for these minors for whom asylum is denied and for whom return to country of origin needs to be arranged. The paper highlights the need for a social service perspective, such as provided by International Social Service, to be included in the planning process.