SOCIAL services & ethics, PROFESSIONAL practice, CHILD welfare, IMMIGRANTS, DEMOGRAPHY, IMMIGRATION law, EXPERIENCE, FOSTER home care, GUARDIAN & ward, HEALTH, INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems, ORPHANAGES, ORPHANS, HEALTH outcome assessment, PRIORITY (Philosophy), RESEARCH evaluation, SOCIAL networks, SYSTEMATIC reviews, DECISION making in clinical medicine, BIBLIOGRAPHIC databases, GOVERNMENT policy, CULTURAL awareness, WELL-being, ETHICS
Abstract
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people are a particularly vulnerable group. This paper examines the existing literature on this group of children and young people in and leaving out-of-home care in the UK and Australia, and compares and contrasts their experiences. Attention is drawn to legislation, policies and programmes which alternatively assist or hinder their successful transition to adulthood. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]