Books, booklets & multimedia

The emotional well-being of young people seeking asylum in the UK
By Elaine Chase, Abigail Knight and June Statham (BAAF, June 2008)
Price: £10.95
A ground-breaking report presenting the findings from an in-depth study of the perspectives and experiences of children and young people arriving unaccompanied to seek asylum in the UK

Food, Shelter and Half a Chance
Selam Kidane (BAAF, 2001)
Price: £6.50
Assessing the needs of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Fostering Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking and Refugee Children:
A training course for foster carers
By Selam Kidane and Penny Amerena (BAAF, May 2004)
Price: £10.00
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding foster care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.

Listening to refugee children
By Selam Kidane (BAAF 2001, reprinted 2008)
Price: £7.95
The result of a project set up by BAAF’s Refugee Young People’s Forum, this thought-provoking book gives voice to a range of experiences of young unaccompanied asylum-seekers and refugees.

Looking after Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Children
by Selam Kidane and Penny Amerena (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £10.00
A training course for social care professionals.

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children - The response of social work services
By Jim Wade, Fiona Mitchell and Graeme Baylis (BAAF, November 2005)
Price: £12.95
The displacement of unaccompanied young people to countries far from home happens for many reasons, but what unites them all is the experience of being separated from their families and divided from their homes, culture and all that is familiar. How do social services in the UK respond to these young asylum seekers? This groundbreaking study examines many important questions for the first time including: are young asylum seekers entitled to the same service as looked after children and, if so, do they receive it?; how are their needs defined and assessed?; and how do the services provided affect their progress and welfare?