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Lumos (2017), Lumos' response to EC communication on future ACP-EU relations. 12 page document responding to the publication of the "Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council - A renewed partnership with the countries of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific." Calling for greater recognition of the rights of children outside of family care and for deinstitutionalisation. References: the importance of the EU ceasing to fund institutional care; child rights; trafficking and migration and linkages to the institutionalisation of children; disability; reintegration; implementation of the SDGs and ensuring that children outside of family care are counted in measuring progress against the SDGs; the importance of social protection to prevent family separation; the value of child participation.