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Mapping Psychosocial Challenges, Mental Health Difficulties, and MHPSS Services for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in Greece: Insights from Service Providers

Ioanna Giannopoulou,
Gerasimos Papanastasatos,
Eugenia Vathakou,
Thalia Bellali,
Konstantia Tselepi,
Paraskevas Papadopoulos,
Myrsini Kazakou and
Danai Papadatou

Children2024, 11(12), 1413;https://doi.org/10.3390/children11121413

23 November 2024

Background/Objectives: Evidence-based information is crucial for policymakers and providers of mental health and psychosocial services (MHPSS) for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). However, there is a scarcity of national-level studies in...

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Developing a Collaborative Approach to Support Access and Acceptability of Mental Health Care for Refugee Youth: An Exploratory Case Study with Young Afghan Refugees

Jakob Versteele,
Cécile Rousseau,
Marina Danckaerts and
Lucia De Haene

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2024, 21(3), 292;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030292

1 March 2024

Despite an increased prevalence of psychiatric morbidity, minor refugees resettled in Western host societies are less likely to access mental health care services than their native peers. This study aims to explore how a collaborative approach can be...

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The Unaccompanied Child’s Right to Legal Assistance and Representation in Asylum Procedures under EU Law

Marina Vannelli

Laws2022, 11(1), 11;https://doi.org/10.3390/laws11010011

29 January 2022

The independent migration of children today is a global phenomenon present in many regions worldwide, where unaccompanied minors seeking asylum do not enjoy full protection of their rights. Among their procedural safeguards, the right to legal assist...

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: Prevalence, Contributing and Protective Factors, and Effective Interventions: A Scoping Review

Charles Oberg and
Hayley Sharma

Children2023, 10(6), 941;https://doi.org/10.3390/children10060941

26 May 2023

In 2021, there were close to 37 million children displaced worldwide. There were 13.7 million refugees and an additional 22.8 million internally displaced. In Europe, this included 23,255 unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, up 72% compared with 2020...

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Unaccompanied Minors in Greece and Italy: An Exploration of the Challenges for Social Work within Tighter Immigration and Resource Constraints in Pandemic Times

Ravinder Barn,
Roberta Teresa Di Rosa and
Theano Kallinikaki

Soc. Sci.2021, 10(4), 134;https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10040134

12 April 2021

The number of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) arriving in the European Union (EU) has been increasing dramatically over recent years resulting in the formulation of EU policy directives around safeguarding and well-being. Notably, the majority of UAMs en...

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