Samenvatting

This is the report on the situation in the Netherlands in the field of youth, young homeless
people and unaccompanied minor aliens. The report describes risk factors for children and
young people in relation to social exclusion and homelessness. This report forms the first
part of the international comparative study ‘CSEYHP’. MOVISIE carries out this three-year
study by order of the European Union. The cooperative partners are three universities in:
England, the Czech Republic and Portugal. The objectives of ‘Combating Youth
Homelessness’ are as follows:
1. to understand the life trajectories of different homeless youth populations in
different national contexts;
2. to develop the concepts of risk and social exclusion in relation to the experience of
young homeless people and to the reinsertion process;
3. to test how different methods of working contribute to the reinsertion process for
young people;
4. to investigate the roles of and relationships between the young person, trusted
adults, lead professionals, peer mentors and family members in the delivery of
these programmes across all four countries.
When preparing the national reports, the three partner countries the Czech Republic,
England and Portugal use the same format as used in the Dutch report. Based on the four
national reports, England will prepare a comparative report, in which the four national
situations will be compared.