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06 being safe and protected
- You should be protected from getting involved in making, taking or selling harmful drugs.
- You should be protected from sexual abuse. Nobody should do anything to your body that you do not want them to do, like touching you or taking pictures of you or making you say things you don't want to say.
- If you have been harmed or abused you should get the help you need to recover.
- Children must not be kidnapped or sold.
- No-one should treat you cruelly. If you break a law you should be able to keep in contact with your family. If you are accused of breaking the law you must get the help you need to understand what is happening.
- You should not o work that is bad for your health or education.
- If you are a refugee you should be cared for properly and have the same rights as other children who were born here.
The Government knows that when a parent or carer has a problem with drugs or alcohol it can affect their children. The Government told professional people that while it is important to help parents they must be better at protecting children and make sure they are properly cared for.
The Government must look after children who come to Scotland who are seeking asylum or are refugee children. The Government must keep the same promises about rights to these children as they do for all children in Scotland.
There has been lots of concern in Scotland about how the UK Government removes families with children once it is decided they cannot stay. Sometimes this was happening in the early morning (called 'dawn raids') and it was very stressful for families. The Government talked to the UK Government to try to change this way of working.
The Government was worried about the numbers of children and young people who are committing crimes. The Government wants social workers and other helping professionals to think about getting help to families where children might be at risk of getting involved in crime.
Many of the victims of crime committed by children and young people are other children and young people. The Government said it needs to know more about what happens and why.
| The Government must look after children who come to Scotland. |
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