Protecting Asylum Seeking Children on the Move

Statement on the health of people seeking asylum.

Protecting People on the Move through Virtual Personal Security

Ensuring personal safety for people on the move is becoming a heightened priority in today’s uncertain environment. Traditional approaches are no longer adequate in meeting rising demands in personal security. In this paper, we describe VIRTUAL PERSONAL SECURITY, a research prototype that demonstrates how technologies, such as ubiquitous surveillance cameras, location-aware PDAs and cell phones...

The role of Non-Governmental Organizations in protecting victims with the emphasis on victimized children

When the government, with all its forces along with civil society, is taking part in a collaborative criminal policy in support of the victim, it is portrayed as an inclusive and desirable pattern of social support. Social support works more than anything else through community-based activities. These supports from Non-Governmental Organizations can be divided into two categories: First, medica...

Frequent relocations between asylum-seeker centres are associated with mental distress in asylum-seeking children: a longitudinal medical record study.

BACKGROUND There are concerns about negative effects of relocations between asylum-seeker centres on the mental health of asylum-seeking children. However, empirical evidence comes from cross-sectional studies only. In this longitudinal medical record study, we aimed to assess: (i) whether relocations during the asylum process are associated with the incidence of newly recorded mental distress ...

Commentary: reducing further harm to asylum-seeking children. The global human rights context.

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