Learning from case reviews involving first generation immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees, 06/06/14 [E/NI/S/W]
This briefing from the NSPCC pulls together and highlights learning around working with parents and/or children born outside the UK. It is based on case reviews published since 2010.
The briefing outlines a number of risk factors for death or serious injury including:
- Social and cultural isolation
- Language barriers
- Lack of knowledge of entitlements and means of accessing support
- Transient population
- Uncertainty over right to remain
- Trafficking
- Family separation
- Exposure to violence and trauma
- Gaps in knowledge of family history
For full details see the NSPCC website.
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