The social services response to unaccompanied children in England

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Mitchell, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Refugees; Social work; Unaccompanied asylum seeking children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645017983     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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