Seminar invitation Children living in hiding today and tomorrow - A seminar about health and human rights

Tid: 28 januari 2009 kl 09.30-16.10
Plats: Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden
Arrangör: Nordic School of Public Health

"Children seeking asylum constitute one of the most vulnerable groups in society, often with experiences of war, conflict and assaults. They are also exposed to psycho-social strains linked to the migration process. Refugee children living in hiding constitute an even more vulnerable group and are in many senses invisible. Research about their situation is scarce. There are numerous conventions and policies ostensibly aimed at protecting children and ensuring that they have access to asylum procedures. However, there are often acute tensions between concerns relating the welfare of children and concerns regarding immigration control. What is the connection between health, children and human rights? What is the gap between conventions and policies and actual practice ‘on the ground’ in industrialised countries? How can that gap be closed through the work of practitioners and researchers? How can we support asylum-seeking children and children living in hiding?

These issues will be addressed at a seminar arranged by the Solstickan Foundation in co-operation with the Nordic School of Public Health. The seminar is primarily aimed at researchers, professionals meeting asylum-seeking children and children in hiding, politicians and other decision-makers and other interested persons in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Speakers at the seminar include:

• Ass. Professor Henry Ascher, Nordic School of Public Health, recipient of the Solstickan award 2008
•  Professor Paul Hunt, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (2002-2008)
• Dr. Charles Watters, Director of the European Centre for Migration and Social Care, University of Kent"

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