Foster care for unaccompanied refugee children in the Netherlands; what about the placement success?

Abstract

There is hardly any knowledge on the outcomes of foster placements of unaccompanied refugee children. Especially, knowledge on the stability of foster placements for unaccompanied refugee children is lacking. Because placements in regular foster care change and develop over time, including the occurrence of placement breakdowns, the need for a study focusing on the stability of foster placements for unaccompanied refugee children is indicated. This study explores the association between the success of foster placements for unaccompanied refugee children and cultural, child and fostering factors, and examines the stability of these factors over time