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
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
"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
Screening for infection in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318077
Abstract: We aimed to evaluate a screening programme for infection in unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people against national guidance and to described the rates of identified infection in the cohort. The audit was conducted… read more here.
Keywords: unaccompanied asylum; seeking children; asylum seeking; infection unaccompanied ... See more keywords
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people – Understanding their journeys towards improved physical and emotional health
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DOI: 10.1177/1359104520925865
Abstract: In 2018, approximately 20,000 unaccompanied children and young people applied for asylum in a European Union country. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children present with significant emotional and physical health needs. These needs are likely the result of… read more here.
Keywords: children young; unaccompanied asylum; seeking children; asylum seeking ... See more keywords