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Habib’s story shows the journey and painful losses that he experienced. Like many other unaccompanied child migrants Habib lives in constant fear of being returned to Afghanistan, waiting nearly 7 years for his status to be confirmed. Habib’s story shows … Continue reading ‘Dear Habib’: The true story of a former unaccompanied asylum seeking child
Here are some more poems from the poetry workshop we ran with the Becoming Adult project. They are poems about the multiple transitions, belonging, and hopes of young migrants who make their journey to the UK. Continue reading Poems – Poetry series
The Becoming Adult project in partnership with MiCLU, Shpresa and IOM is organising the event Walking a Tightrope: The Hidden Protection Needs of Albanian UASC. This event seeks to increase understanding of the lives, circumstances and protection needs of Albanian young … Continue reading Event: The Hidden Protection Needs of Albanian UASC
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
Rachel Humphris, researcher of the Becoming Adult team and Lecturer at Birmingham University, spoke to BBC Coventry and Warwickshire about unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in their area on 7th September. Warwickshire is in the top 10 local authorities caring … Continue reading UASC in Warwickshire – radio interview with Rachel Humphris
With an increasing number of migrant children reported missing in Europe, questions arise about the availability, coverage and reliability of data on children migrating to and through the European Union. Rachel Humphris and Nando Sigona analyses the evidence base in … Continue reading Children and unsafe migration into Europe: Understanding the evidence base — Postcards from …
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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