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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"migration journeys"”.
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The extent and implications of women's forced migration journeys to escape domestic violence
… either temporarily or permanently. Much of this migration is necessarily secret as they are escaping an abuser who intimately knows their habits and interests, friends and family, and may well try to track them down. Since the establishment of women's refuges in the 1970s, there have to some …
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Being in Transit: Life, Death, and the Politics of Migrant Journeys from Central America to the United States
… a dense landscape of hardening borders and immigration enforcement in Mexico and the U.S. while encountering incredible dangers along the way, such as assault, extortion, kidnapping, robbery, and murder. This dissertation argues that migration journeys and the places between origin and …
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Limited Relief: Cause Lawyering on Behalf of Unacccompanied Chinese Youth
… and placed in removal proceedings. Here, immigration cause lawyers are tasked with presenting clients who might otherwise be termed "economic migrants" as uniquely vulnerable and deserving of legal status. Drawing on nearly three years of ethnographic research, this dissertation details the …
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Promoting Resilience in Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Minors
… origin and extreme physical hardships in their migration journeys, UAMs also faced adjustment and acculturation- specific stressors in the host country. All of these factors negatively impacted UAMs' mental health. The average number of traumatic experiences for each UAM ranged from 6-9. The …
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Social Network and Support Experiences of Older African Refugees in Calgary: A Visual Story
The intersection of ageing and forced migration carries profound health and psychosocial implications for older immigrants. These implications are particularly acute for older refugees, who, having been compelled to flee their home countries, often encounter compounded vulnerabilities such as …