Seeking Asylum Alone: The Treatment of Separated and Trafficked Children in Need of Refugee Protection in Australia

强迫移徙是一个重要的人权问题。 虽然越来越多的儿童独自前往国外寻求保护，但很少受到学术界的关注。 对于庇护作为保护被偷运或贩运到澳大利亚的失散儿童的一种机制的有效性，没有系统的研究。 将对这些儿童的申诉和经历进行分类和研究，以确定他们在澳大利亚难民制度中所面临的不利处境的程度和性质。 调查结果将有助于一个国际项目，该项目旨在阐明世界各地难民身份确定系统在法律的处理失散儿童的最佳做法准则。

Forced migration is a critical human rights issue. Although increasing in number, children traveling on their own to seek protection abroad have received scant scholarly attention. No systematic research exists on the efficacy of asylum as a mechanism for protecting separated children smuggled or trafficked into Australia. Claims and experiences of such children will be catalogued and studied to determine the extent and nature of the disadvantage they face within Australia's refugee system. The findings will contribute to an international project aimed articulating best practice guidelines for the legal treatment of separated children in refugee determination systems around the world.