Memorandum by the Child Migrants' Trust
CHILD MIGRANTS (CM 13A)
INTRODUCTIONThe Trust
has decided that its Preliminary Report to the Health Committee
should be included as the first section of this final submission.The
main themes from the Preliminary Report are developed more fully
in Section 2, which forms the main body of this submission.Finally,
the third section contains various appendices with supporting
information and evidence relevant to both earlier sections.
CONTENTS
SECTION 1—PRELIMINARY REPORT
1. Child Migration—A Brief History
Definitions and Destinations
Migrating Agencies and Motives
Rhetoric and Reality
A Series of Scandals
Safeguards and Standards
Reaction and Responsibility
2. The Child Migration Experience
Identity and Illegitimacy
3. The Present Experience
Concerns and Citizenship
Information and Identity
Charities and Credibility
Passive or Proactive
Relatives and Reunions
Funds and Finances
Rights and Resources
4. Some Proposals For Future Action
SECTION 2—SUBMISSION
Routes to Reunions
Flaws and Faults
Impartial and Independent
Codes of Conduct
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Independence and Neutrality
Protocols and Procedures
Citizenship and Choice
Research and Records
Reunions and Family Relationships
Needs and Numbers
Awareness and Anger
Benefits and Betrayal
Constraints and Complaints
Court and Convictions
Responses and Resources
The Present Position
Conclusion
Recommendations
SECTION 3—APPENDICES
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Appendix 1—Agency Liaison and Contacts
Appendix 2—Key Milestones of the Child
Migrants Trust
Appendix 3—Global Service Provision
Appendix 4—Research Sources
Letter of Evidence 1—A Father's Search
Letter of Evidence 2—A Former Child Migrant's
Search
Letter of Evidence 3—Receipt of an Agency
File
Letter of Evidence 4—A Mother's letter
to her Son
Letter of Evidence 5—Transcript of a letter
to the Agency
Letter of Evidence 6—Copy of original
letter to the Agency
Letter of Evidence 7—The Secretary of
State for Health
Letter of Evidence 8—The Prime Minister
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