250mm x 168mm
ISBN-10: 1 85856 292 9
ISBN-13: 978 185856 292 6
Price £19.99, €30.00
June 2003

Since the first edition of this invaluable compendium was published in 2001, important new legislation has altered the prospects of refugee children. The first is the Race Relations Amendment Act (2000), which came into force in April 2002, the second the new Asylum Act. Jill Rutter has revised and updated her book to take account of the changes in the law.

Her book thus remains the authoritative information source for all those working with the children of refugees and asylum-seekers. She describes the backgrounds of 35 of the major refugee groups in Britain, including Albanians, Eastern European Roma and people fleeing the former Soviet Union, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. She notes how educational provision for pupils for refugee communities has progressed and describes those which have proved effective in promoting their learning, from preschool through the statutory years and up to age 19. There are sections on, among much else, healthcare issues, emotional and psychological issues, using the expressive arts with young refugees and on parental involvement and family literacy.

For 13 years the Education Officer for the Refugee Council and now teaching at the School of Education, London Metropolitan University, Jill Rutter writes authoritatively about the good practice developed in schools and on the recent legislation.

Jill Rutter provides another valuable handbook for educational practitioners working with refugee children. - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.