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3572923.E.29
MISSING CHILDREN EUROPE
Practical guidance on preventing and responding to unaccompanied children going missing - SUMMIT Handbook.- [S.l.] : Missing Children Europe, 2016.- 136 p. ; 30 cm
Desenvolvido no âmbito do projeto co-financiado da União Europeia "SUMMIT" (Safeguarding Unaccompanied Migrant Minors from going Missing by Identifying Best Practices and Training Actors on Interagency Cooperation).


GUIA DE INFORMAÇÃO, DESAPARECIMENTO DE MENORES, UNIÃO EUROPEIA

Acronyms and abbreviations. European Commission principles on integrated child protection systems. 1. Introduction: Aim of the handbook; Target group of professionals; Key terminology. 2. Framework. 3. Principles: Introduction; Guiding Principles for Preventing & Responding to; Disappearances of Unaccompanied Children Overview of relevant EU development in the field. 4. Unaccompanied children as a specific target group: Cultural differences; War and poverty; Being a child and alone; Psychological issues; Objectives or instructions of the family; Safety risks; Legal guardianship and promotion of interests; Conclusion. 5. Perspectives for action. 5.1 Prevention: Information known about the child; Collection of identifying information; Informing the child to make better choices; Child-friendly way to provide important information and generate trust; Training actors to be better informed; Assessing the likelihood of an unaccompanied child going missing; Risk assessment; Elements to be taken into account when assessing the risk that a child will go missing; Cooperation between actors; Collaboration with other agencies in prevention activities; Memorandum of understanding or protocols of cooperation; Measures available to protect the child; Foster care and safety plan; Protected reception facilities; Actions to be taken when the child is at risk of being (re)trafficked. 5.2 Response: Responsibility for a case of a missing unaccompanied child; Reporting of a missing unaccompanied child; Actions to be taken after the disappearance; Cooperation with other agencies. 5.3 Aftercare. 5.4 Summary template on ownership, complementarity and coordination between different agencies involved. Annex I - European Model Protocol of Cooperation between Law Enforcement and Civil Society Organisations in Cases of Missing Children.