PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bhanu Williams
AU  - Christine Cassar
AU  - Georgie Siggers
AU  - Sebastian Taylor
TI  - Medical and social issues of child refugees in Europe
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310657
DP  - 2016 Sep 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 839--842
VI  - 101
IP  - 9
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/9/839.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/9/839.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2016 Sep 01; 101
AB  - In mid-2015, there were an estimated 20.2 million refugees in the world; over half of them are children. Globally, this is the highest number of refugees moving across borders in 20 years. The rights of refugee children to access healthcare and be free from arbitrary detention are enshrined in law. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have a statutory medical assessment, but refugee children arriving with their families do not. Paediatricians assessing both unaccompanied and accompanied refugee children must be alert to the possibilities of nutritional deficiencies, infectious diseases, dental caries and mental health disorders and be aware of the national and international health guidance available for support.