Unaccompanied and Separated Foreign Children in the Care System in the Western Cape – A Socio-Legal Study

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dc.contributor.authorJulia, Sloth-Nielsen
dc.contributor.authorMarilize, Ackerman
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T13:38:42Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T13:38:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres. The objectives of the study were firstly to map and quantify the number and demographics of foreign children placed in all CYCCs across the Western Cape. Secondly, the study aimed to analyse the reasons for children's migration and the circumstances around their placement in residential care institutions in order to establish whether family reunification was possible or desirable. Thirdly, the study explores the sufficiency of efforts made to trace and reunify the children with their families, whether in South Africa or across borders, as the institutional placement of children should not only be a last resort but it should preferably be temporary whilst family-based solutions are sought. Lastly, the documentation status of the children in the study was examined. Recommendations emanating from the research conclude the study.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSloth-Nielsen, J & Ackerman, M. 2016. Unaccompanied and Separated Foreign Children in the Care System in the Western Cape – A Socio-Legal Study. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal. 19, 1-27en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5123
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journalen_US
dc.subjectForeign childrenen_US
dc.subjectChild protectionen_US
dc.subjectRefugeesen_US
dc.subjectAsylum seekersen_US
dc.subjectChild and youth care centresen_US
dc.subjectChildren's courten_US
dc.titleUnaccompanied and Separated Foreign Children in the Care System in the Western Cape – A Socio-Legal Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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