Improving survivor-informed support for trafficked children and young people - it's a long-term commitment

改善对被贩运儿童和青少年的幸存者知情支持——这是一项长期承诺

• 批准号: AH/V013130/1
• 负责人: Margaret Grant
• 金额: $ 58.49万
• 依托单位: University of Stirling
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV013130%2F1
• 关键词: Improving; survivor; informed; support; trafficked

Ensuring better outcomes for children and young people who survive modern slavery is a major and urgent challenge facing the UK. Across the UK over 3,000 unaccompanied children claimed asylum in the year to March 2019 (Home Office 2019) and events in summer 2020 around channel crossings indicate upwards of 400 new arrivals in Kent alone. Data suggests that approximately 40% of unaccompanied children evidence indicators of trafficking and exploitation (Scottish Guardianship Services). Without appropriate child-centred, actionable policies and interventions that are effective throughout a child's future pathways, there may be a continued threat of being drawn back into exploitative circumstances.While the exploitation experiences and immediate support needs of separated children are well documented in research, the evidence base on child trafficking victims/survivors' medium and especially longer-term trajectories is limited. The majority of evaluations of support focus on stories of trafficking and needs immediately after identification. Once children and young people move beyond this stage, the spotlight on them recedes. To date, no wider study has specifically investigated victims/survivors' longer-term needs or considered the potential effectiveness and sustainability of services. This lack of evidence is restricting policy and practice efforts to plan and provide effective services. Consequently, there is an urgent need to address this challenge and fill this knowledge gap.The proposed study is designed to address this exact policy and practice challenge and knowledge gap. It moves beyond the timeframe of previous research to explore short, medium and long term experiences of recovery, directly involving children and young people who have made their homes in the UK. We will do this in three ways. First, we will use data from the Scottish Guardianship service (SGS), established in 2010 to provide support for all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in Scotland, with a particular focus on victims of trafficking. The Scottish approach to support for trafficked children has been recognised as a good exemplar of a child centred, human rights-based practice, but little is known about the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of these services. Using SGS as a vehicle, we will draw on 10 years' of support and advocacy delivered in an increasingly hostile immigration environment for migrants, without the need for further, potentially traumatic, interviews of children and young people on their exploitative experiences. Second, we will interview victims/survivors who are receiving or have received short, medium and long term support. We will ask them about their needs and choices at relevant stages of their recovery, the support they received and what recovery means to them. These interviews will focus on experience of services rather than of exploitation. Similarly, we will interview professionals who support victims/survivors, including police offices, SGS workers, social workers, educators and foster carers. We will ask them about children and young people's needs at different stages, the support that services provide and what recovery means to them.Third, we will work with young people and others using creative methods to co-produce narratives of recovery from different perspectives. Resources based on these narratives, including an animation and case studies, will focus on what helps or hinders children and young people's capacity to thrive at different stages. As the numbers of trafficked children identified across the UK rise, it is vital that the unique challenges they face are not once again overlooked. A stronger evidence base, with an extended timeframe, will better inform policy and provision of services. Guided by the insights of young people, study findings will address the longer term nature of support, recovery and outcomes on the journey to thriving in a new country.

确保在现代奴隶制中幸存下来的儿童和年轻人获得更好的结果是英国面临的一项重大而紧迫的挑战。在整个英国，截至2019年3月的一年里，超过3000名无人陪伴的儿童申请庇护(内政部2019年)，2020年夏天围绕海峡口岸发生的事件表明，仅肯特郡就有超过400名新移民。数据表明，约有40%的无人陪伴儿童有证据表明有贩运和剥削的迹象(苏格兰监护服务)。如果没有适当的以儿童为中心、在儿童未来发展道路上有效的可行政策和干预措施，可能会继续面临被拉回剥削性环境的威胁。虽然研究很好地记录了失散儿童的剥削经历和直接支助需求，但贩运儿童受害者/幸存者的中长期轨迹的证据基础有限。大多数对支助的评价侧重于身份查验后立即出现的贩运情况和需求。一旦儿童和年轻人走出这个阶段，他们身上的聚光灯就会消退。到目前为止，还没有更广泛的研究专门调查受害者/幸存者的长期需求或考虑服务的潜在有效性和可持续性。缺乏证据限制了规划和提供有效服务的政策和实践努力。因此，迫切需要应对这一挑战并填补这一知识差距。拟议的研究旨在解决这一政策和实践挑战以及知识差距。它超越了以前研究的时间框架，探索短期、中期和长期的康复经历，直接涉及在英国安家的儿童和年轻人。我们将通过三种方式做到这一点。首先，我们将使用苏格兰监护服务(SGS)的数据，该服务成立于2010年，旨在为所有抵达苏格兰的无人陪伴寻求庇护的儿童提供支持，特别关注人口贩运的受害者。苏格兰支持被贩卖儿童的做法被认为是以儿童为中心、以人权为基础的做法的良好典范，但人们对这些服务的长期有效性和可持续性知之甚少。利用SGS作为一种工具，我们将利用10年来在对移民日益敌对的移民环境中提供的支持和倡导，而不需要进一步采访儿童和年轻人关于他们的剥削经历，这可能是一种创伤。第二，我们将采访正在接受或已经接受短期、中期和长期支助的受害者/幸存者。我们将询问他们在恢复的相关阶段的需求和选择，他们得到的支持，以及恢复对他们意味着什么。这些采访将侧重于服务体验，而不是剥削体验。同样，我们将采访支持受害者/幸存者的专业人员，包括警察局、SGS工作人员、社会工作者、教育工作者和寄养照顾者。我们将向他们询问儿童和青少年在不同阶段的需要、服务提供的支持以及康复对他们意味着什么。第三，我们将与年轻人和其他人合作，用创造性的方法从不同的角度共同讲述康复。基于这些叙述的资源，包括动画和案例研究，将侧重于什么有助于或阻碍儿童和年轻人在不同阶段茁壮成长的能力。随着英国各地被确认被贩卖的儿童数量的增加，他们面临的独特挑战不能再次被忽视，这一点至关重要。更强大的证据基础，加上更长的时间框架，将更好地为政策和提供服务提供信息。在年轻人洞察力的指导下，研究结果将解决在一个新国家蓬勃发展的旅程中支持、恢复和成果的长期性质。