At What Cost? – The Human, Economic and Strategic Cost of Australia’s Asylum Seeker Policies and the Alternatives

Lisa Button and Shane Evans, Save the Children Australia, in consultation with Amy Lamoin, UNICEF Australia

This report by Save the Children Australia and UNICEF Australia explores the human, economic and strategic cost of Australia’s current policies which seek to deter asylum seekers from migrating to Australia by sea.

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Factors Related to the Placement into and Reintegration of Children from Catholic-affiliated Residential Care Facilities in Zambia

Katie Januario, John Hembling, Ashley Rytter Kline and Jini Roby - Catholic Relief Services

This is a study from Catholic Relief Services that investigates the factors related to children’s placement in Catholic-affiliated residential care facilities in Zambia.  According to this study, the government estimates that there are approximately 190 residential-care facilities located in Zambia, and of those 40 are Catholic-affiliated.  At the time of this study, there were 1674 residents living in residential care.

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Children Behind Bars: A vulnerability approach to Norwegian practice of immigration detention of asylum seeking children

Stine Solvoll Navarsete, University of Oslo

This paper discusses how Norway is in a position where it needs to balance its interests in immigration control with its obligations under international human rights law to protect the rights and liberties of asylum-seeking children. This document emphasizes the importance of protecting vulnerable children.  In general this paper analyzes the ways that Norway acknowledges and protects the vulnerability of asylum seeking children. It also discusses the jurisprudence in place in relationship to vulnerable asylum-seeking children.   

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Three sides to a foster care story: An examination of the lived experiences of young adults, their foster care case record, and the space in between

Nancy Rolock

This study used a mixed-methods multiphase, iterative process to illuminate the congruencies and incongruencies between the young adults' accounts of their foster care experiences and the legalistic, system-focused view of their experiences. This study highlights the limitations of administrative data as the primary source for evaluating systems, assessing child well-being, and for understanding child welfare outcomes.

Dimensions of high quality foster care: Parenting Plus

Jill Duerr Berrick, Marit Skivenes - Children and Youth Services Review

The study is designed to identify whether effective caregiving mirrors strong parenting among typical parents or whether a set of additional skills is required to parent foster children responsively. Some of the principle features of quality caregiving for children are described particularly in the domains of family integration, relationships with biological parents, and support for children's special needs.