Child Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Rights and Responsibilities

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-271

  Jones, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

asylum seeker; child ren; children s rights; immigration; refugee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992920646     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146801730100100302     Document Type: Article

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