The health status of newly arrived asylum-seeking minors in Denmark: a nationwide register-based study
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01501-4
Abstract: Asylum-seeking minors are known to be at increased risk of physical and mental diseases compared to both native children and adult asylum seekers. We present a nationwide register-based study based on the health assessment of… read more here.
Keywords: asylum; seeking minors; asylum seeking; nationwide register ... See more keywords
Immigrant enclaves and risk of drug involvement among asylum-seeking immigrants in Sweden: A quasi-experimental study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107666
Abstract: BACKGROUND Sweden is a major host nation for asylum-seeking immigrants, and residential placement of these immigrants is an important policy concern. This quasi-experimental study estimated of the impact of being placed into an "immigrant enclave"… read more here.
Keywords: risk; experimental study; seeking immigrants; asylum seeking ... See more keywords
A systematic review of asylum-seeking women's views and experiences of UK maternity care.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.06.007
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To explore and synthesise evidence of asylum-seeking women's experiences of maternity care in the UK. DESIGN A systematic review and thematic synthesis of peer-reviewed qualitative evidence. Relevant databases were searched from 2000 until 2018.… read more here.
Keywords: asylum; seeking women; asylum seeking; maternity care ... See more keywords
Literacy and Agency: The Case of Young Adults who Came to Sweden as Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Minors
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DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2019.1595710
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this article, relations between agency and literacy are analysed focussing on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s literacies. A dialogic perspective on agency is used, with agency defined as dynamic, and with attention paid to the… read more here.
Keywords: unaccompanied asylum; asylum seeking; literacy; agency ... See more keywords
Mental health and child refugees
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DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2022.2072190
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents an overview of the importance of mental health services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom. It reviews what mental health support appears to be available in the United Kingdom… read more here.
Keywords: health; united kingdom; health child; asylum seeking ... See more keywords
‘Colour-evasiveness’ and racism without race: the disablement of asylum-seeking children at the edge of fortress Europe
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DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2017.1417252
Abstract: Abstract This article explores discriminatory discourses articulated by Italian professionals operating in educational, health and social services for refugees in Rome, in relation to the educational and social inclusion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.… read more here.
Keywords: race; colour evasiveness; asylum seeking; evasiveness racism ... See more keywords
Outsourcing the ‘best interests’ of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the era of austerity
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1404266
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines the governance of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and former UASC in the U.K. and reveals the expanding reach of asylum privatisation to unaccompanied children. In the process, the principle of the… read more here.
Keywords: best interests; seeking children; unaccompanied asylum; asylum ... See more keywords
Challenging the Welfare System and Forcing Policy Innovation? Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children in Sweden and Germany
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DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fez036
Abstract: The article examines from a comparative perspective how Sweden and Germany reacted to the unprecedented increase in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) in 2015. Concretely, it analyses on the basis of Windrum’s taxonomy of public-sector innovation… read more here.
Keywords: sweden germany; seeking children; unaccompanied asylum; policy ... See more keywords
Perinatal mental health amongst refugee and asylum-seeking women in the UK
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DOI: 10.1108/mhrj-01-2020-0008
Abstract: Refugee and asylum-seeking women are particularly vulnerable to experiencing mental health difficulties during the perinatal period, with social factors compounding these experiences. Research is limited into the mental health needs of perinatal women who are… read more here.
Keywords: seeking women; asylum seeking; refugee asylum; health ... See more keywords
"What are the experiences of education for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors in the UK?"
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DOI: 10.1111/cch.12764
Abstract: BACKGROUND The number of refugees worldwide has increased in recent years and with this, there has been an increase in the numbers of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors (UASMs) in the UK. Refugees have been found… read more here.
Keywords: unaccompanied asylum; seeking minors; asylum seeking; experiences education ... See more keywords
Failure to thrive among asylum-seeking children: A descriptive study from Turkey.
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DOI: 10.1111/phn.13199
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine failure to thrive among asylum-seeking children. DESIGN The study was a descriptive study. SAMPLE The sample of the study comprised of 187 children who were registered… read more here.
Keywords: thrive among; asylum seeking; seeking children; among asylum ... See more keywords