PDF - http://www.ilpa.org.uk/publications/ilpa_child_first.pdf
Heaven Crawley
"It is timely that the lack of a multi-agency,co-ordinated approach to the migrant children in this country isbrought forcefully and eloquently to the fore in this policy paper.A child migrant may be the subject of adult decision making bymembers of her family or others which not only places her in thecomplexities of the immigration system but which also exposes herto such significant harm which in any other context would triggerpowerful child protection mechanisms, where the welfare principleis paramount. That the Home Office procedures are not sensitivelyor appropriately moderated to take into account the position ofsuch a child, in the ways exposed in this paper, is shocking to read." [Trafficking; asylum]
