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

被迫移徙是一个严重的人权问题。尽管独自出国寻求保护的儿童人数不断增加，但学术界对他们的关注却很少。关于庇护作为一种保护被偷运或贩运到澳大利亚的失散儿童的机制的效力，没有系统的研究。将对这些儿童的要求和经历进行编目和研究，以确定他们在澳大利亚难民制度中所面临的不利程度和性质。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确定系统中失散儿童法律待遇的最佳做法准则。

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.