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1. https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugeeconvention.html 2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ en/TXT/?uri=celex:32001L0055 3. https://www.easo.europa.eu/sites/default/ files/Guidance-on%20reception-%20 conditions-%20for-unaccompaniedchildren.pdf 4. https://www.un.org/development/desa/ disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-ofpersons-with-disabilities.html 5. https://www.ohchr.org/en/ professionalinterest/pages/cescr.aspx 6. https://www.easo.europa.eu/sites/default/ files/Practical-Guide-Best-InterestsChild-EN.pdf 7. Norway and Iceland are not EU members but participate in the work of the European Asylum Support Office, and Norway is a part of the European Migration Network. 8. https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/ eu-policy/action-plan-unaccompaniedminors-2010-2014_en 9. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/whatwe-do/networks/european_migration_ network_en 10.https://www.easo.europa.eu/about-us 11. https://www.easo.europa.eu/sites/default/ files/Practical-Guide-Best-InterestsChild-EN.pdf 12.https://www.easo.europa.eu/sites/default/ files/Guidance-on%20reception-%20 conditions-%20for-unaccompaniedchildren.pdf 13.Note that there are some discrepancies in the numbers of unaccompanied minors between national immigration authorities and Eurostat due to, for example, updates. 14.For more information on the CAGE research programme, visit the webpage at https://cage.ku.dk/ 15.https://www.helsedirektoratet.no/ veiledere/helsetjenester-til-asylsokereflyktninger-og-familiegjenforente/ helseundersokelser-av-asylsokereflyktninger-og-familiegjenforente/ helseundersokelse-ved-tre-maneder/ Skjema-Helseundersokelse-flyktningerasylsokere.pdf/_/attachment/ inline/86df9fb4-1f2b-4678-b8ea-98f626e b7db2:28a5424c9d1bc726de2e25de7f05a db34c19dc45/Skjema-Helseundersokelseflyktninger-asylsokere.pdf 16.https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/ research-and-expertwork/ projects-and-programmes/ developing-the-health-examinationprotocol-for-asylum-seekers-in-finland-anational-development-project-terttu17. https://www.integrationsviden.dk/familiesundhed/1.-sundhed/helbredsmaessigvurdering-af-nyankomne-flygtninge 18.https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/home 19. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ publications-data/public-health-guidancescreening-and-vaccination-infectiousdiseases-newly 20.https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/ WHA72/A72_25-en.pdf 21. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/ pdf_file/0004/289246/WHO-HENReport-A5-2-Refugees_FINAL.pdf 22. https://www.sbu.se/sv/publikationer/ sbu-bereder/stod-till-ensamkommandebarn-och-unga--effekter-erfarenheteroch-upplevelser/ 23. https://www.sbu.se/sv/publikationer/ sbu-bereder/stod-till-ensamkommandebarn-och-unga--effekter-erfarenheteroch-upplevelser/

24. The Centre for Unaccompanied Children and Youth at the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden is developing a method for school health services to identify mental health issues among UMIs in order to provide adequate on-site support or refer the students to correct care facilities. School health nurses and doctors meet all immigrant children but a method on how to identify/screen and how to systematically collaborate with psychiatric services is missing. The project has tested the Refugee Health Screener (RHS) instrument. Final results are expected by the end of 2020. 25. https://www.sbu.se/contentassets/5ee6541940fc41c5948b6d38bb24a05e/ psykologiska-behandlingar-ptsd-flyktingar-asylsokande_2019.pdf 26. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng116/ evidence/evidence-reviews-december-2018-237694356181?tab=evidence 27. https://fhi.no/publ/2019/mestring-i-mottak-og-kommuner.-implementering-og-evaluering-av-teaching-rec/

This report surveys different aspects of health of unaccompanied minors who have arrived in the Nordic region. The focus is on mental health issues rather than physical health, as the former are usually seen as posing more of a challenge to successful integration and to the social and health services in the Nordic countries. The report builds on recent research and studies, mainly from 2012 onwards.