<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Unaccompanied asylum seeking children landing page</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:09:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Refugee Council: Asylum children need better educational support</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/12/108159/refugee-council-asylum-children-need-better-educational-support.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/12/108159/refugee-council-asylum-children-need-better-educational-support.html</guid><description>The Refugee Council has urged children's services to provide better advice and guidance for asylum-seeking children on accessing education, when they first arrive.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A novel multi-component intervention for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People: The Well Being Project- London Borough of Hillingdon.</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/09/107933/a-novel-multi-component-intervention-for-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-young-people-the-well-being-project-london-borough-of-hillingdon.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/09/107933/a-novel-multi-component-intervention-for-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-young-people-the-well-being-project-london-borough-of-hillingdon.html</guid><description>This study describes the Well Being Project, which provides a number of multi-service, psychological educational, educational and practical interventions for unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) at the London Borough of Hillingdon. Over the course of two years the project has worked with 376 UASC and 99 social care professionals. The project achieved the targets identified in the public service agreement and made clinically important improvement to the children’s emotional and behavioural outcomes scores.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unaccompanied asylum seeking children</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/22/107368/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/22/107368/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children.html</guid><description>Many unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the UK will have travelled for miles to escape horrific incidents in their home lands. But despite their vulnerability campaigners argue that the group are not treated as well as other children by the government and a two tier system exists.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helping unaccompanied asylum-seeking children</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/16/107924/helping-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/16/107924/helping-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children.html</guid><description>Overview of other research and resources on unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people by the Social Care Institute for Excellence </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Independent Asylum Commission: UK system not fit for purpose</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/107738/independent-asylum-commission-uk-system-not-fit-for-purpose.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/107738/independent-asylum-commission-uk-system-not-fit-for-purpose.html</guid><description>The UK asylum system is not “fit for purpose” and falls “seriously below” the standards of a civilised and humane society, the Independent Asylum Commission said yesterday. </description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>