Child and Family Social Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees

A special edition of Child & Family Social Workfocusing on the lives and circumstances of refugee and asylumseeking children and families in several countries - Australia,Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom. Predominantly focusing onunaccompanied or separated children who come to these countrieswithout an adult to look after them. But equally importantly, manychildren are accompanied by adult members who seek asylum, andsometimes achieve their goal of full refugee status.
Papers include:
* * The child's or the State's best interests - An examination ofthe ways immigration officials work with Unaccompanied asylumseeking minors in Norway- Ada Engebrigtsen
* Asylum, Children's rights and Social Work - Sarah Cemlynand Linda Briskman
* How social workers work with African Refugee Children and theirfamilies - Toyin Okitikpi and Cathy Amer
* Promoting psychosocial wellbeing in unaccompanied minors in theUnited Kingdom - Ravi Kohli and Rosie Mather
* Unsettling the social in social work: responses toasylum-seeking children in Ireland - Alastair Christie
* The social services response to unaccompanied children inEngland - Fiona Mitchell
Each paper analyses the strength and weaknesses of the systemsand practices in working with Asylum seekers and refugees.