Data collection for at-risk children in migration

Flora Bolter

Observatoire national de la protection de l'enfance (ONPE)

Flora Bolter is a political scientist. She has worked in different positions connected to the evaluation and setting up of public policies, first as a parliamentary assistant, then as the head of the research and evaluation unit in a social work NGO in Paris, and finally at the French observatory of child protection (Observatoire national de la protection de l'enfance - ONPE, www.onpe.gouv.fr), where she currently works as research officer. ONPE (a branch of the Public interest group GIPED) is the public agency particularly in charge of documenting and studying evolutions in the field of child protection in France, in terms of procedures and practices as well as in terms of overall population data. It has been created by law in 2004 and operates an observation system that relies on a network of locally-based observatories. It also promotes research in these fields.

Abstract

Children in migration represent a growing population in Europe, with or without their parents. Many of them flee difficult living conditions and face hardships during their journey. During their travels, they can fall prey to... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Flora Bolter (Observatoire national de la protection de l'enfance (ONPE))
  2. John Fluke (Kempe Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine)

Topic Area

Refugee Children

Session

Workshop1 » Session1-Child Trafficking (11:00 - Monday, 2nd October, Asia Room)

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