The funding will be used in partnership with Aberlour Child Care Trust to establish a pilot guardianship project for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Scotland.
The project, which will launch later this year, will aim to give every unaccompanied asylum-seeking child an independent advocate to ensure their best interests are taken into consideration.
John Wilkes, chief executive of Scottish Refugee Council, said: "Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are usually in a very vulnerable position, alone and often unable to understand the language, culture or the way of life in Scotland. Without access to appropriate support, they could be at further risk of exploitation, marginalisation and discrimination.
"Our proposal is therefore that these young people are assigned someone who can independently advocate for them at every turn to help them through the asylum process."
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