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How a toolkit is enabling settings to welcome and support refugees

Academics have devised a new toolkit to help practitioners care for and educate refugee children in a trauma-informed and unbiased way. By India Dunkley
The refugee puppet Little Amal was carried 8,000km from Syria to Manchester in 2021 PHOTO Good Chance Theatre
The refugee puppet Little Amal was carried 8,000km from Syria to Manchester in 2021 PHOTO Good Chance Theatre

Imagine being a child forced to flee your home because of war. You may have seen your parents stressed, upset and scared, there may not have been an easy way to leave, you may have had to walk for many days, taken dangerous or uncertain journeys and been hungry for long periods. Once you arrive, somewhere, you and your family will probably be feeling the effects of poverty, on reduced welfare benefits, living in temporary accommodation, possibly with frequent moves, be isolated, confused, subject to racism and harassment. The health effects of such a journey will be taking their toll and you will be missing home and everything which is familiar.

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