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Refugees are people who have fled from persecution in their home country, often leaving behind them everything they have. Unaccompanied refugee children, separated from their parents or carers, alone among adult strangers in a strange land, are the most vulnerable of all. This disturbing new report reveals how these children are treated when they arrive seeking protection in the United Kingdom. Most of them come from war-torn parts of the world such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Kosovo, but they rarely find a safe haven here. Disbelieved, detained and discriminated against, unaccompanied refugee children are seven times less likely to receive official refugee status in the UK than someone aged 25-29. The UK has even attempted to limit its legal obligations specifically in respect of refugee children, by entering a reservation to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. ... Read more

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This report highlights particular patterns of racial discrimination and their effect on the everyday lives of the women, men and children in the Russian Federation who are denied their full human rights because of their colour, race, ethnicity, descent or national origin. Some groups are targeted disproportionately by police for checks of their identity documents, often leading to arbitrary detention or ill-treatment. Asylum seekers and refugees suffer the additional difficulty that their documentation is not recognized by the police. In some regions whole communities are denied a range of economic, civil and political rights, including their right to citizenship. As in many other countries, law enforcement agencies in the Russian Federation often reflect rather than challenge discriminatory attitudes in society at large. Many racist attacks are not reported to the police because the victims fear further abuse. The result is that victims of racist crime rarely see justice done. ... Read more

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Produced by Amnesty International, the leading organisation campaigning for the protection of Human Rights, this stimulating resource explores the basic rights to which we are all entitled. This photocopiable pack offers a wide range of activities suitable for use with students from 11 to 18 years of age. ... Read more