Includes bibliographical references and index.

Child welfare systems and migrant families : an introduction -- How the Finnish child protection system meets migrant families and children -- How the Norwegian child welfare system approaches migrant children -- Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system : the Netherlands -- Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system in Austria -- Child welfare systems and immigrant families : the case of Spain -- Public services and migrant minors in Italy : a new path for social work -- The United States : child protection in the context of competing policy mandates -- Child welfare systems and immigrant families : Canada -- Child welfare and migrant families and children : a case study of England -- Child protection of migrants in Australia -- Immigrant children and families in Estonian child protection system -- Migrant children and child welfare : a contested challenge.