Read the first blog post of the Wellwishers blog, created by some young researchers of the Becoming Adult Project Displacement through Digital Art, by Ergest Zejnelaj The Wellwishers blog is formed by a group of young and inspired individuals … Continue reading Displacement through Digital Art, by Ergest Zejnelaj
By Jennifer Allsopp Orginally posted on Open Democracy Parliament has voted to silence the voices of local communities. Their message of European solidarity and warm welcome for refugees is an anathema to the politics of Brexit Britain. PassageSymbolically resonant of … Continue reading A very British tug of war over Europe’s child refugees
New briefing paper by Nando Sigona and Rachel Humphris: Child mobility in the EU’s refugee crisis: What are the data gaps and why do they matter? just published on Border Criminologies Child migration into Europe is diverse and often invisible in … Continue reading New briefing paper: Child mobility in the EU’s refugee crisis
The aim of this Research Brief is to report on data collected via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted to all local authorities in England concerning unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). The request asked for local authority statistics from the previous … Continue reading Mapping UASC in England – new publication
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Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham The UK government has offered to take 3,000 extra lone refugee children in its existing resettlement scheme for Syrian refugees. But the offer has two caveats: it is only for… Continue reading Britain is to take 3,000 refugee children by 2020 … Generous? Think again
Young people seeking safety and security are subjected to the vagaries of all kinds of ‘solutions at various national borders’. Sometimes they are taken in and sometimes they are turned away. Sometimes, as Elaine Chase (UCL) and Nando Sigona (University … Continue reading Lost in the world: Former unaccompanied minors in orbit
By Khadija Abbasi Summer 2015, Sayed Abad, Mazar-e Sharif I was in a photo studio to take a picture for my Uzbek visa application. There was a power cut. I was asked to come back in 30 minutes. When I … Continue reading Migration at any cost
By Rachel Humphris, University of Birmingham Whatever their reason for being in the UK, if a child or young person is not a British or European Economic Area (EEA) citizen, they need permission to stay in the country. They are … Continue reading Unaccompanied children and adulthood: categories and more categories
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