{"id":2891,"date":"2007-11-14T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/11\/14\/call-for-more-muslim-foster-carers\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:25:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:25:09","slug":"call-for-more-muslim-foster-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/11\/14\/call-for-more-muslim-foster-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for more Muslim foster carers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CONFLICT in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a dramatic rise in the numbers of asylum-seeking Muslim children needing foster care in England, a leading independent fostering agency has said.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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Pathway Care Group said a dramatic 500% rise in Muslim children needing care was linked to the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan which has seen children fleeing conflict and seeking asylum here.<\/div>\n

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The number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children from an Asian background in foster care in England in 2003 was 140.<\/div>\n

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That figure rose dramatically to 720 this year, leading the agency to urge British Muslim families to consider fostering. <\/div>\n

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Pathway said it was eager to ensure that these children who come into its care are placed with families who can offer the appropriate cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic support.<\/div>\n

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Peter Harlock, Pathway\u2019s chief executive, said: \u201cThere has been a substantial increase in the number of Afghanistan and Iraqi lone asylum seeking children from Asian Muslim backgrounds requiring foster care, which has generated a need for many more Asian-heritage foster carers particularly in major towns and cities.<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s vitally important for the development of foster children to provide them with a good home with the appropriate cultural, ethnic, religious, and language background. This benefits the welfare of the child and the foster carer, and improves the prospects for a successful placement.<\/div>\n

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\u201cBecause there\u2019s a particular shortage of Asian Muslim foster carers, it means that children are often placed in a family which doesn\u2019t reflect their cultural heritage.<\/div>\n

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\u201cPlacing children with foster carers from a broadly similar background allows children to grow up with a sense of personal, cultural and religious identity and helps them to develop self-esteem,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n

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Children who arrive in the UK unaccompanied are by law automatically placed into foster or residential care until they turn 18. <\/div>\n

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For more information about fostering visit the Pathway Care website at www.pathwaycare.com<\/a> or telephone 01527 834 934.<\/div>\n

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CONFLICT in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a dramatic rise in the numbers of asylum-seeking Muslim children needing foster care in England, a leading independent fostering agency has said. Pathway Care Group said a dramatic 500% rise in Muslim children needing care was linked to the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}