Edward Elgar Publishing Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice

With unprecedented numbers of children on the move in search of safety, Protecting Migrant Children explores the complex legal and human rights issues that arise when children cross borders as migrants. It critically examines the strengths and weaknesses of international and domestic laws with the aim of identifying best practice for migrant children. The book brings together an interdisciplinary and multinational group of experts to assess the nature and root causes of child migration in different parts of the world, featuring national and comparative case studies in Australia, Canada, Europe, the United States and parts of Asia and Africa. The contributors address systematically the many challenges experienced and posed by young people who cross borders in search of protection, or a better quality of life. Identifying the many universal issues facing states who play host to these children, the book lays the foundations for new paradigms in law, policy and practice in the reception and management of child migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking. Topical and engaging, this book is an important resource for academics and students in human rights law; migration and refugee law; the administrative and procedural issues of refugee law, and comparative law; as well as in the social sciences and health sciences. Policymakers and workers within the community sector will also find this book stimulating and informative. Contributors include: E.O. Abuya, F. Anello, T. Baker, L.B. Benson, S. Bolton, K. Bones, M. Crock, C. Danisi, D. Ghezelbash, P. Goldberg, C. Holguin, C. Jarvis, K. Kapur, M.A. Kenny, J. Lelliott, M. Loughry, A. Malakooti, H. Martin, I. Martinez, G.L. Neuman, A. Olusese, S. Petros, G. Sadoway, A. Schloenhardt, S. Taylor, C. Thomas, D. Thronson, G. Triggs, K. Tyler, K. van Doore, S. Whitman, P. Yule, M. Zou Review ‘This is a valuable edited collection with wide appeal. It constitutes an important addition to the burgeoning literature on what are the mammoth and complex challenges to the realisation in practice of migrant children’s rights. It will be of interest and use to anyone concerned with children’s rights in the context of international migration and comfortably achieves the editors’ goal of providing ‘a foundation for assessment and improvement’ in the rather haphazard way in which states react to child migration.’ -- Alan Desmond, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law 'This collection provides a comprehensive, and at times chilling account of the challenges that are routinely faced by migrant children seeking the surrogate protection of the international community. It comes at a critical time, and is a must-have for any practitioner, scholar or decision-maker working in this important field.' --Jason Pobjoy, Blackstone Chambers and University of Oxford, UK 'Over half of the world's refugees are children, yet too little of the legal literature focuses on their plight and rights. This book corrects that oversight by discussing the international framework for protecting migrant children. It provides a fresh and important addition to the literature, including possible solutions.' --Stephen Yale-Loehr, Cornell University Law School, US 'This compendium of international and country-specific approaches to protecting migrant children is a truly remarkable achievement. The world's leading scholars and practitioners of immigration, refugee, and child protection law assembled here offer a road map for understanding and action on behalf of the world's countless migrant children who, as the editors remind us, are both our responsibility and our future.' --Peter H. Schuck, Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus, Yale Law School, US About the Author Edited by Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney, Australia and Lenni B. Benson, Professor of Law, New York Law School, US