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Research Handbook on Child Migration
The scope and complexity of child migration have only recently emerged as a critical factors in global migration. This volume assembles for the first time a richly interdisciplinary body of work, drawing on contributions from renowned scholars, eminent practitioners and prominent civil society advocates from across the globe and from a wide range of different mobility contexts. Their invaluable pedagogical tools and research documents demonstrate the urgency and breadth of this important new aspect of international human mobility in our global age.
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As the scale and complexity of global child migration grows, so too does the urgency of understanding this multifaceted phenomenon. This comprehensive, and original, Research Handbook is an essential tool for anyone seeking to engage in the topic. Collecting together a plethora of original intellectual, empirical and legal resources the Research Handbook on Child Migration probes the origins, characteristics and impacts of current child migration situations.
Bringing together both leading experts and grass-roots activists, this Research Handbook is a comprehensive and diverse collection of the best and most up-to-date research on global child migration. It covers a wide range of topics from the history of specific child migration flows, the ethnography of child migration, and child specific legal tools and challenges, to the psychological effects of migration on child migrants. Presented in an accessible style, this Research Handbook provides a wealth of evidence and reflection which will enrich and improve the readers ability to tackle this key human rights challenge.
This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community.
Bringing together both leading experts and grass-roots activists, this Research Handbook is a comprehensive and diverse collection of the best and most up-to-date research on global child migration. It covers a wide range of topics from the history of specific child migration flows, the ethnography of child migration, and child specific legal tools and challenges, to the psychological effects of migration on child migrants. Presented in an accessible style, this Research Handbook provides a wealth of evidence and reflection which will enrich and improve the readers ability to tackle this key human rights challenge.
This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community.
Critical Acclaim
‘This Research Handbook has long been awaited. The book reminds scholars and professionals that there is an urgent need for more comprehensive research on migration phenomena as well as for grass-root level activism and advocacy. In sum, this Research Handbook has raised many contextual and systemic issues that are not usually robustly addressed in mainstream Childhood Studies literature.’
– Sirkka Komulainen, Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit
‘Historically, migration studies has focused on men, then adults, and only rarely on children. This book testifies to the growing interest in child migrants, including those who are trafficked and those who find themselves saddled with illegal statuses due to the movements of their parents. Covering many disciplines, countries and applied fields, this Research Handbook will be essential reading for those interested in child migration and protection. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a conceptually and policy-rich collection of original contributions.’
– Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK
– Sirkka Komulainen, Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit
‘Historically, migration studies has focused on men, then adults, and only rarely on children. This book testifies to the growing interest in child migrants, including those who are trafficked and those who find themselves saddled with illegal statuses due to the movements of their parents. Covering many disciplines, countries and applied fields, this Research Handbook will be essential reading for those interested in child migration and protection. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a conceptually and policy-rich collection of original contributions.’
– Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK
Contributors
Contributors: H. Ascher, J. Bhabha, B. Bookey, S.B. Coutin, M. De los Angeles Torres, I. Derluyn, V. Digidiki, A. Farmer, H. Fehrenbach, L. Frydman, O. Geissler, W. Giles, A. Hjern, J. Kanics, R.K.S. Kohli, J. Kumin, A. Kunth, A. Lagunju, R.-C. Liwanga, A. Lundberg, M. Ní Raghallaigh, R. O’Donnell, A. Orgocka, O. Peyroux, P. Rekacewicz, E. Rozzi, D. Senovilla Hernández, L. Singh, A. Singleton, C. Smyth, C. Suárez-Orozco, S.J. Terrio, D.B. Thronson, V.T. Thronson, E.E. Tibet, M. Timéra, M. Treiber, O. Uzureau, F. Vacchiano, L. van Waas, M. Vervliet, C. Watters
Contents
Contents:
Introduction
Jacqueline Bhabha
PART I HISTORIES OF CHILD MIGRATION
Introduction
1. Treading paths of violence: Displacements of bereft Armenian children in the aftermath of genocide
Anouche Kunth
2. Children as Casework: The problem of migrating and refugee children in the era of World War
Heide Fehrenbach
3. Opération Pedro Pan : The 1960s Transport of Unaccompanied Cuban Children to the United States
Maria de los Angeles Torres
PART II MIGRATION TRADITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES
Introduction
4. From revolutionary education to futures elsewhere: Children and young refugees fleeing from Eritrea
Magnus Treiber
5. Child mobility from and within West African countries
Mahamet Timéra
6. Desiring mobility: Child migration, parental distress and constraints on the future in North Africa
Francesco Vacchiano
7. Migrant children (including Roma children) from the Balkans and East Europe
Olivier Peyroux
8. Roots of juvenile migration from El Salvador
Susan Bibler Coutin
PART III THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF CHILD MIGRATION
Introduction
9. The role of the European Union in the protection of migrant children
Rebecca O’Donnell
10. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relevant to child migrants
Ciara Smyth
11. Children’s Rights and US Immigration Law
David B. Thronson
12. Finding a new balance: Bringing together children’s rights law and migration policy for effective advocacy for migrant children
Alice Farmer
13. Applying the refugee definition to child-specific forms of persecution
Lisa Frydman and Blaine Bookey
PART IV CATEGORICAL DISTINCTIONS WITHIN CHILD MIGRATION
14. Stateless children
Laura van Waas
15. The impact of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status on access to protection of unaccompanied child migrants in the United States
Veronica T. Thronson
16. Unaccompanied Minors in Italy: Children or Aliens?
Elena Rozzi
17. Management of “the unaccompanied.” In search of a rights-based approach in the context of Swedish “crisis politics”
Anna Lundberg
PART V CHILD SPECIFIC CHALLENGES TO RIGHTS PROTECTION
Introduction
18. Identification: Age and identity assessment
Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marianne Vervliet and Ilse Derluyn
19. Credibility: The challenge of establishing credibility in child asylum cases
Judith Kumin
20. Challenges of upholding children’s rights in immigration policy: lessons from Australia
Lisa Singh
21. The challenge of strengthening the regional child protection system for children on the move in West Africa
Olivier Geissler and Abimbola Lagunju
22. Data: Creating the empirical base for development of child migration policy and protection
Ann Singleton
PART VI MIGRANT CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES
Introduction: Hassan’s journey: route and transport conditions when one is denied a visa
Philippe Rekacewicz
23. The integration of asylum seeking and refugee children: Resilience in the face of adversity
Muireann Ní Raghallaigh
24. Wellbeing: Refugee children’s psychosocial well-being and mental health
Charles Watters and Ilse Derluyn
25. Protection: Migrant children and institutional protection
Ravi K.S. Kohli
26. Education: The experience of Latino immigrant adolescents in the United States
Carola Suárez-Orozco and Marcello Suárez-Orozco
27. Protracted refugee situations: Adolescents in Dadaab, Kenya
Wenona Giles and Aida Orgocka
28. Undocumented Central American children in the United States
Susan J. Terrio
29. The experience of distress: Child migration on Lesvos, Greece
Vasileia Digidiki
30. Learning as agency: Strategies of survival among young unaccompanied Somali asylum seekers in Turkey
Eda Elif Tibet
31. Children’s voices: listening to young African migrants in France
Daniel Senovilla Hernández and Océane Uzureau
32. Child labor and migration: The exploitation of migrant children in the artisanal mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Roger-Claude Liwanga
Conclusion
Index
Introduction
Jacqueline Bhabha
PART I HISTORIES OF CHILD MIGRATION
Introduction
1. Treading paths of violence: Displacements of bereft Armenian children in the aftermath of genocide
Anouche Kunth
2. Children as Casework: The problem of migrating and refugee children in the era of World War
Heide Fehrenbach
3. Opération Pedro Pan : The 1960s Transport of Unaccompanied Cuban Children to the United States
Maria de los Angeles Torres
PART II MIGRATION TRADITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES
Introduction
4. From revolutionary education to futures elsewhere: Children and young refugees fleeing from Eritrea
Magnus Treiber
5. Child mobility from and within West African countries
Mahamet Timéra
6. Desiring mobility: Child migration, parental distress and constraints on the future in North Africa
Francesco Vacchiano
7. Migrant children (including Roma children) from the Balkans and East Europe
Olivier Peyroux
8. Roots of juvenile migration from El Salvador
Susan Bibler Coutin
PART III THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF CHILD MIGRATION
Introduction
9. The role of the European Union in the protection of migrant children
Rebecca O’Donnell
10. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relevant to child migrants
Ciara Smyth
11. Children’s Rights and US Immigration Law
David B. Thronson
12. Finding a new balance: Bringing together children’s rights law and migration policy for effective advocacy for migrant children
Alice Farmer
13. Applying the refugee definition to child-specific forms of persecution
Lisa Frydman and Blaine Bookey
PART IV CATEGORICAL DISTINCTIONS WITHIN CHILD MIGRATION
14. Stateless children
Laura van Waas
15. The impact of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status on access to protection of unaccompanied child migrants in the United States
Veronica T. Thronson
16. Unaccompanied Minors in Italy: Children or Aliens?
Elena Rozzi
17. Management of “the unaccompanied.” In search of a rights-based approach in the context of Swedish “crisis politics”
Anna Lundberg
PART V CHILD SPECIFIC CHALLENGES TO RIGHTS PROTECTION
Introduction
18. Identification: Age and identity assessment
Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marianne Vervliet and Ilse Derluyn
19. Credibility: The challenge of establishing credibility in child asylum cases
Judith Kumin
20. Challenges of upholding children’s rights in immigration policy: lessons from Australia
Lisa Singh
21. The challenge of strengthening the regional child protection system for children on the move in West Africa
Olivier Geissler and Abimbola Lagunju
22. Data: Creating the empirical base for development of child migration policy and protection
Ann Singleton
PART VI MIGRANT CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES
Introduction: Hassan’s journey: route and transport conditions when one is denied a visa
Philippe Rekacewicz
23. The integration of asylum seeking and refugee children: Resilience in the face of adversity
Muireann Ní Raghallaigh
24. Wellbeing: Refugee children’s psychosocial well-being and mental health
Charles Watters and Ilse Derluyn
25. Protection: Migrant children and institutional protection
Ravi K.S. Kohli
26. Education: The experience of Latino immigrant adolescents in the United States
Carola Suárez-Orozco and Marcello Suárez-Orozco
27. Protracted refugee situations: Adolescents in Dadaab, Kenya
Wenona Giles and Aida Orgocka
28. Undocumented Central American children in the United States
Susan J. Terrio
29. The experience of distress: Child migration on Lesvos, Greece
Vasileia Digidiki
30. Learning as agency: Strategies of survival among young unaccompanied Somali asylum seekers in Turkey
Eda Elif Tibet
31. Children’s voices: listening to young African migrants in France
Daniel Senovilla Hernández and Océane Uzureau
32. Child labor and migration: The exploitation of migrant children in the artisanal mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Roger-Claude Liwanga
Conclusion
Index
