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Drawing on research with 3,200 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, the Refugee Council has recently launched its Separated Child Guide, an A5 colour-coded leaflet designed specifically to support separated children navigating the asylum process in England and Wales.
The visual resource has been developed after consultation with young refugees, who helped the Refugee Council’s staff understand the challenges children face when navigating the complex and confusing asylum support process.
Claire Murphy, one of the Refugee Council’s senior children’s advisers, says there was a clear gap in the project’s work for such a resource which would support all unaccompanied children and care leavers.
She says although some children may be supported by the council on a longer term basis, for many they may only be met with after they arrive in the UK.
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