The Becoming Adult Team is organising the one day international conference “Constructing viable futures: Unaccompanied migrant young people transitioning to adulthood” on 12 December 2017, at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. This event marks the end of our three-year … Continue reading Becoming Adult Conference: Constructing viable futures
We publish here the poem “Future” created during the research workshop that the Becoming Adult Team had in Cornwall in June 2017 Future Optimistic Looking forward eyes toward the sky Hopefully we’re gonna get there Heads up high Try … Continue reading Future – Becoming Adult Poetry Series
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
Kotaiba was 17 years old when he left a war zone, crossed Europe and the Mediterranean and tried to jump on to a train in Calais. In 2016 he was allowed to join his family in London. BBC followed him … Continue reading A year in the life of a Syrian teenager in London
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
My Life in Patras is based on a creative methods project with Afghan unaccompanied children in Patras in 2012. The film employs drawings made by young people; photographs taken by them with disposable cameras; and personal accounts. In 2013, it won the Gülen … Continue reading My Life in Patras: Unaccompanied children in Greece
By Habib Rezaie We publish here our colleague Habib Rezaie’s thought of the day on BBC Radio Leicester (from 40’41”), as part of the pop-up internet radio station Sanctuary Radio (#sanctuaryradio) In September I will start my final year on the IT for Business … Continue reading Spelling the word “can”
Immigrants – Poem by Ndue Perlala Original version in Albanian here (Translation by Migena Lala) As swallows break the sky Cross seas and mountain ranges Migrants, migratory birds For a better life without trouble As swallows leave their nest in another country … Continue reading Immigrants, Emigrantet: A poem
Elaine Chase presented on precariousness and the futures and wellbeing of former unaccompanied minors, at the 3rd SCMR-JEMS conference “Migration and diversity: a dialogue across disciplines” The podcast is available here Continue reading Lecture by Elaine Chase: podcast
It is now possible to watch the movie Leave to Remain on BBCiPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05xxj3y/leave-to-remain About the movie: Based on real-life stories, Leave to Remain is a coming of age drama that depicts a world hidden from view. Omar, a charismatic Afghan teenager, is at … Continue reading Leave to remain: A movie about an Afghan boy and his precarious transitions
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