Ian Johnston, its director, said young people should receive "sensitive support" from social workers not only in the UK but also if they were returned to their countries of origin.
He hopes to discuss the plans in greater detail with colleagues from around the globe at the International Federation of Social Workers' World Conference, which starts in Australia at the end of this month.
He admitted it "might be right" to return some of the children, but claimed the Government had an agenda to return children who had arrived in the United Kingdom as unaccompanied minors to their country of origin.
The association has been concerned about the impact of the controversial Asylum and Immigration Bill, which received royal assent in July, and has also been considering setting up a charity to help stop the children of failed asylum seekers being taken into care (Children Now, News, 28 July-3 August).
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