Reports and Studies
This page gathers information from a multitude of studies and reports conducted both in the United States and abroad. The information provides insight into the plight of immigrant children seeking to escape their home country. These children have suffered persecution, abuse, and abandonment in search of a better life and the studies and reports linked below document the struggle children in these types of situations face. This page seeks to provide evidence of the practices of several countries when dealing with immigrant children.
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: Summary Report of the Impact Study
FLORENCE, December 2004 - The "Study of the Impact of the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child" (CRC) developed by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre aims to promote the universal realisation of children's rights by documenting, analysing and reflecting on positives experiences, together with challenges to the implementation of the CRC.
UNICEF Innocenti Centre
Sun, 13/02/2005 - 5:00am
Review of child and adolescent refugee mental health
Lustig SL, Kia-Keating M, Knight WG, Geltman P, Ellis H, Kinzie JD, Keane T, Saxe GN.