ReviewThe Lancet. Child & adolescent health2021
International migration of unaccompanied minors: trends, health risks, and legal protection.
Review in The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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- Attitudes, perceived knowledge, and experiences regarding condom use, STIs, transactional sex, and healthcare utilization among young male forced migrants in Stockholm, Sweden: a qualitative study.Global health action · 2026Article
- Understanding the needs and key determinants of maternal, newborn, and child health among migrants in transit: a scoping review.Global health action · 2026Article
- Evaluation and treatment of mental health symptoms among unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents in the United States: A systematic review.JCPP advances · 2026Review
- Who Is Watching Over the Migrant Child at Sea?Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Health Screening and Post-Arrival Services for Refugee Children From Afghanistan.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Article
- Assessing quality of life in displaced children on Lesvos using PROMIS: a mixed methods study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Nutritional status of displaced children including unaccompanied minors on Lesvos, Greece.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Infectious disease prevalence among unaccompanied minor refugees: Associations with migration journey characteristics.PloS one · 2026Article
- Upholding the right to health of forcibly displaced children in Europe.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- The Russo-Ukrainian War's toll on paediatric health during the first two years and future research directions: a scoping review.Communications medicine · 2025Review
- Protecting unaccompanied migrant youth in transit through Mexico: frontline perspectives on appropriate policy implementation.Health policy and planning · 2025Article
- Approaching pediatric mental health screening and care in immigration detention.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Review
- A crisis in the shadows: public health outcomes and barriers to care for children of North Korean defectors in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Enhancing text-level reading fluency and engagement in immigrant children through a structured singing-based intervention.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Adolescent girls at the intersection of poverty, migration, and gender.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2024Article
- Victimization, polyvictimization, and depression symptoms among immigrants and native children and youth in Chile.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Growing up in transit. Personal development and resistance of migrant adolescents travelling through Mexico unaccompanied.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- Accuracy of Age Estimation Using Three Dental Age Estimation Methods in a Young, Large, and Multiethnic Patient Sample.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Persistence of Emotional Distress in Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adolescents Primarily From the Northern Triangle of Central America.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions with Unaccompanied Minors: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The global population of unaccompanied minors-children and adolescents younger than 18 years who migrate without their legal guardians-is increasing. However, as data are not systematically collected in any region, if collected at all, little is known about this diverse group of young people. Compared with adult migrants, unaccompanied minors are at greater risk of harm to their health and integrity because they do not have the protection provided by a family, which can affect their short-term and long-term health. This Review summarises evidence regarding the international migration and health of unaccompanied minors. Unaccompanied minors are entitled to protection that should follow their best interests as a primary consideration; however, detention, sometimes under the guise of protection, is a widespread practice. If these minors are provided with appropriate forms of protection, including health and psychosocial care, they can thrive and have good long-term outcomes. Instead, hostile immigration practices persist, which are not in the best interests of the child.
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