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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"unaccompanied minors"”.
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Experiences of unaccompanied minors: an exploratory study conducted with refugee children
… this study was to explore lived experiences of unaccompanied foreign minors in South Africa from a social work perspective. An important goal was to also explore the lack of guidelines on how to assist these young people. This study was conducted in a Children's Shelter, which is situated in the …
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"Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" : experiences of unaccompanied refugee girls in Cape Town
The arrival of unaccompanied minors poses unique challenges to the host country, raising serious questions about the rights and psychosocial health of that child. This mini thesis explores the experiences of young unaccompanied girls who arrived in South Africa and who are classified today as …
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Promoting Resilience in Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Minors
… European Union received 20,000 applications from unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors (UAMs) applying for international protection, and 60,000 UAMs from Central America were apprehended at the US-Mexico border. These unaccompanied minors are vulnerable, and the traumas they face impact their mental …
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Design and evolution of creative capacity building program for refugee youth empowerment
There are over 5,000 unaccompanied refugee minors in Greece who have fled violence from Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In addition to pre-existing trauma and psychological challenges, living in shelters and streets has further put youth at risk of trafficking, exploitation, and substance …
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Emigration, Repatriation and the Reality of Returned Youth in El Salvador
… Customs and Border Protection, over 59 thousand unaccompanied minors from the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador) have been detained at the US border, of those 59 thousand, 17 thousand are from El Salvador. El Salvador is home to some of the most dangerous and ruthless gangs …
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Finding Our Way: Female Students at Oakland International High School
… additionally, 30% are undocumented, 24% are unaccompanied minors, and 47% are considered SIFE (students with interrupted formal education). However, one of the most outwardly noticeable things on the school’s campus is the overwhelming majority of male students. Females make up just 39% of …
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On the market: Privatization and 'new' populations at a metropolitan school fair
… national narratives regarding recently arrived unaccompanied minors, (2) student representatives of schools were relatively diverse, however, adult representatives were overwhelmingly white Swedish adults, (3) Gymnasiemässan is considered the “Black Friday” for schools in Stockholm, with an …
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: The Rio Grande Arrival/Departure Shelter
… nationality, or political opinion. Many, like unaccompanied minors, travel dangerous paths to seek asylum at one of these borders, which promise safety and security from the violent conditions in their countries. In the USA and elsewhere, seeking asylum is a human right. Simultaneously, …
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Vulnerabilities of trafficked rural Chinese girls in the UK asylum system: a thematic analysis
… the UK after presenting to the UK authorities as unaccompanied minors. The ten case-studies are drawn from a point-in-time historical sample of asylum case files which were created between the years 2007 and 2012. The thesis draws upon an ecological systems theoretical framework to analyse the …
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Minori rumeni tra percorsi migratori e rappresentazioni. Nè soli, nè accompagnati a Bologna
… deals with the heterogenous category of the “unaccompanied minors”, concentrating the scientific work on those who migrate from Romania to the Italian city of Bologna. Between different migratory routes that include Romanian minors, I chose to explore the ones linked with the underground and …
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An Inferentially Robust Look at Two Competing Explanations for the Surge in Unauthorized Migration From Central America
<p>The last 8 years have seen a dramatic increase in the flow of Central American apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol. Explanations for this surge in apprehensions have been split between two leading hypotheses. Most academic scholars, immigrant advocates, progressive media outlets, and human …