Asylum

The Refugee Children's Consortium information note on 'Legacy cases' including UASCs can be read here. 

The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has launched a good practice website for asylum seeking and refugee children. This online resource provides essential information for all those working with or for separated or unaccompanied refugee children and young people. Click on the link www.ncb.org.uk/arc

Save the Children produced in 2006 this guide for social workers and other professionals which looks at the issue of ‘triple planning’ among other topics. Unaccompanied Refugees and Asylum seekers turning 18

This University of York study looked at the ways in which local authorities attempt to meet their responsibilities to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children. A summary of the findings is available here Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: The Response of Social Work Services

Other references (not available here):

Broad, B. & Robbins, I. (2005) The wellbeing of unaccompanied asylum seekers leaving care. Diversity in Health and Social Care, 2005 2:271-7.

Crawley, H. (2006) Child first, migrant second: ensuring that every child matters. ILPA, London.

R Kohli and F Mitchell (2007, Eds) Working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children: issues for policy and practice, this can be viewed here: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274448