Relationships with family, friends and God: the experiences of unaccompanied minors living in Ireland
Files in This Item:
File | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|
Download | Ethnic_Minority_Children_and_Youth_in_Ireland_Muireann_Ni_Raghallaigh_chapter_with_revisions-1.doc | 116.5 kB | Microsoft Word |
Title: | Relationships with family, friends and God: the experiences of unaccompanied minors living in Ireland | Authors: | Ní Raghallaigh, Muireann | Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5442 | Date: | 2011 | Online since: | 2014-02-28T09:55:10Z | Abstract: | In recent years researchers have begun to pay increasing attention to the circumstances of unaccompanied minors or separated children: children and young people under the age of 18 who are “outside of their country of origin and separated from both parents, or their previous legal / customary primary caregiver” (Separated Children in Europe Programme, 2004, p. 2). Records suggest that the first unaccompanied minor entered the Irish state in 1996. Since then, an increasing number of professionals and service providers have come into contact with this population group. Within various disciplines practice wisdom suggests that these young people are faced with a host of challenges, relating to their pre-migration experiences, their journeys from their countries of origin to Ireland, and their post-migration lives. Internationally, research findings lend evidence to these suggestions. They draw attention to experiences of oppressive circumstances and armed conflict prior to exile, abuse and exploitation en-route to Ireland, and loss of culture and loved ones and the challenges of the asylum and care systems whilst living in Ireland and other countries (Ayotte, 2000; Rea, 2001; Kohli & Mather, 2003; Thomas et al., 2004; Hopkins & Hill, 2006; Chase et al., 2008). Some authors have tended to focus on the vulnerability of these young people (Bean et al., 2007; Hodes et al., 2008; Rea, 2001) while others have highlighted their resilience (Robins & Rylands, unpublished data ; Wallin & Ahlström, 2005; Kohli, 2006a; Ní Raghallaigh & Gilligan, 2010). | Type of material: | Book Chapter | Publisher: | Sense Publishers | Copyright (published version): | 2011 Sense Publishers | Keywords: | Separated children; Migration; Asylum seekers; Refugees; Social networks; Care provision | Other versions: | https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/other-books/the-changing-faces-of-ireland/ | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Not peer reviewed | Is part of: | Darmody, M. Tyrrell, N. and Song, S (eds.). The changing faces of Ireland: Exploring the lives of immigrant and ethnic minority children | ISBN: | 978-94-6091-473-7 | This item is made available under a Creative Commons License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ |
Appears in Collections: | Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice Research Collection |
Show full item record
Page view(s) 50
1,738
Last Week
2
2
Last month
24
24
checked on Jun 27, 2022
Download(s) 50
498
checked on Jun 27, 2022
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
If you are a publisher or author and have copyright concerns for any item, please email research.repository@ucd.ie and the item will be withdrawn immediately. The author or person responsible for depositing the article will be contacted within one business day.