Vulnerable, alone and in need of our protection
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- Tuesday, February 18, 2014 | CYP Now
We are all aware of how difficult it is to navigate the systems of another country - you only have to go on holiday and lose your purse to know this. Even getting to the nearest police station and reporting the loss can be difficult, never mind finding an overall solution to the problem. Can you imagine then how an 11-year-old child arriving into the UK alone might feel? Or how a 17-year-old feels when they have no "official papers"? What if English isn't your first language and you don't understand what you are being asked at all?