Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.31299/ksi.28.1.6
Unaccompanied children in the light of the migrant crisis at the Zagreb - Dugave Center for providing services in the community
Gordana Babić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-0520
; Centar za pružanje usluga u zajednici Zagreb – Dugave
Sažetak
This paper aims to present the functioning of the existing model of care for unaccompanied children - minor migrants within the institution that deals with children and youth with behavioral problems, to point out the difficulties in its work and to provide guidelines for further action.
The Dugave Center has been taking care of unaccompanied children - minor migrants since 1996. In its early days, the minor migrants mostly came from the former Yugoslavia, but as the global geopolitical and economic situation changed, so did the population we cared for.
In recent years, given the events in the Middle East, the Center has mostly accepted unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Yemen, etc.
After many years of looking after unaccompanied children, one can conclude that this type of accommodation is not appropriate and that unaccompanied children - minor migrants - should be accommodated and cared for in different conditions and not in an institution for children and youth with behavioral problems.
The paper builds upon many years of experience and the author's work with unaccompanied children in the Dugave Center.
Ključne riječi
unaccompanied children; migrant crisis; treatment/conduct protocol
Hrčak ID:
240235
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2020.
Posjeta: 2.750 *