Verification and Family Reunification

Separated and unaccompanied children are at a greater risk of abuse and exploitation, and are less likely to have their basic rights to health, education, and psychosocial well-being met. It is the responsibility of protection organisations and the government to ensure that such children are identified, documented, their circumstances assessed, and active efforts made to reunite them with their parents or normal guardians as quickly as possible.

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Florence Martin and Tata Sudrajat - Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi NAD, Save the Children and Unicef,

This paper presents a study on the children who were sent to orphanages or Islamic boarding schools (Dayahs) in Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.

Save the Children Alliance, UNHCR, UNICEF and OHCHR,

Guidance on how to care for the children under five who are separated from their families in emergencies. Includes chapters on tracing, registering, verification, reunification, and the provision of care to meet developmental needs.

Inter-Agency Standing Committee,

Guidelines for a multi-sectoral response to the most urgent mental health and psychosocial issues in emergency situations.

Carol Edwards, Edwina Brockelsby Family Rights Group UK,

A template for assessing the suitability of kinship caregivers in the short term, and for planning the care of a child in kinship care. There are sections that can be given to potential caregivers to help them prepare for caring for a child.

UNICEF,

Practical guidance on responding to the protection and care needs of children separated from their families, with sections on consideration of and arrangements for interim care, family reunion, and alternative long-term placements.

UNHCR,

Guidelines for when and how to make a decision regarding the best interests of the child in the case of emergencies. Includes useful information for addressing unaccompanied and separated children including, temporary and alternative care arrangements, tracing and reunification, and child participation.

John Williamson and Malia Robinson,

An evaluation of a programme in Sri Lanka that aimed to resettle and reintegrate children affected by armed conflict, prevent and respond to child abuse, and develop community based alternatives to institutional care.

Emma Visman,

Outlines the critical issues for children associated with armed conflict. Includes recommended strategies for preventing child recruitment and promoting reintegration.

Susan Shepler,

A research study conducted with refugee children from Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, and their foster caregivers in rural Guinea. Explores the experiences of both children and foster caregivers, and examines the role of ethnicity, gender and education. Highlights the significant capacity of a community to provide protection and care of refugee children, and offers recommendation for future research and programming.

Thomas Feeny - The Consortium for Street Children,

Examines current conceptual and practical issues relating to reunification of street children with their families. Includes guidelines for organisations operating or starting reunification programmes and suggests directions for future research.