Assisting and Reintegrating Child Victims of Trafficking: Improving Policy and Practice in the EU Member States
Assisting and Reintegrating Child Victims of Trafficking: Improving Policy and Practice in the EU Member States

Author(s): Alexandra Malangone, Tímea Stránská, Kamelia Dimitrova, Mila Mancheva, Helmut Sax
Contributor(s): Andrey Nonchev (Editor), Mila Mancheva (Editor)
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Welfare services, Economic development
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Summary/Abstract: This Handbook presents the main results of an in-depth evaluation study of the legal, policy and practical frameworks for assistance to and reintegration of child victims of trafficking in six EU Member States – Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, and Sweden. The three reports included in this Handbook are based on three standardised methodologies for examination of legal and policy frameworks, for evaluation of programmes for assistance and re/integration of child victims of trafficking and for indentification of good practices in this area. The reports analyse the relevance of legal frameworks for the needs of trafficked children and the effectiveness of services for such children in different areas of assistance, such as: identification of trafficked children, appointment of a guardian, individual case assessment, regularisation of status, interim care and protection, durable solutions and longterm re/integration. The reports offer a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of assistance and reintegration programs and discuss identified challenges that need to be addressed in countries of both destination and origin in order to assure better protection and assistance to trafficked children across the EU.

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