A special edition of Child & Family Social Work focusing on the lives and circumstances of refugee and asylum seeking children and families in several countries - Australia, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom. Predominantly focusing on unaccompanied or separated children who come to these countries without an adult to look after them. But equally importantly, many children are accompanied by adult members who seek asylum, and sometimes achieve their goal of full refugee status.
Papers include:
Each paper analyses the strength and weaknesses of the systems and practices in working with Asylum seekers and refugees.
Ravi Kohli is the guest editor of Child and Family Social Work: With Asylum Seekers and Refugees, published by Wiley.