WHAT: Core interagency resource on the principles of practice with separated and unaccompanied children. Includes prevention of separation, evacuation procedures, and tracing, reunification, and care arrangements.
WHO: Policy makers, managers, and social and community workers working with separated or unaccompanied children.
WHERE: Global relevance with a focus on emergency settings.
WHY: Provides concise information on the main practice requirements in preventing and responding to the separation of children from their main caregivers.
N.B. Please refer to one of the other resources included in this toolkit for more detailed information on how to implement these practice principles:
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The Lost Ones. Emergency Care and Family Tracing for Separated Children from Birth to Five Years, UNICEF, 2007
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Action for the Rights of the Child (ARC): Separated Children, Save the Children Alliance, UNHCR, UNICEF and OHCHR, 1998
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Separated Children: Care and Protection of Children in Emergencies, Save the Children Federation, 2005
