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This report surveys different aspects of health of unaccompanied minors who have arrived in the Nordic region. The focus is on mental health issues rather than physical health, as the former are usually seen as posing more of a challenge to successful integration and to the social and health services in the Nordic countries. The report builds on recent research and studies, mainly from 2012 onwards. Older studies have been included if they offer additional insights. As the emphasis is on Nordic research, international research on migrant mental health is less referred to. This report is not a…
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This article investigates how forced migrants residing in Finland utilise different types of resources in their efforts to reunite with their families. The data includes 36 group and individual interviews (2018–2019) with 43 Iraqi, Afghan, Somali, and Ethiopian forced migrants holding residence permits in Finland, who were either seeking to reunite with their families, or had already brought their families to Finland, or had attempted but failed to achieve family reunification. The results show that a variety of resources are needed to navigate the bureaucracies involved in family…
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This article is written as part of the FORUM project (FOR Unaccompanied Minors: transfer of knowledge for professionals to increase foster care), an EU funded project which sought to enhance the capacity of professionals to provide quality foster care for unaccompanied migrant children, primarily through the transfer of knowledge. The article aims to contribute to this transfer of knowledge by bringing together literature which is of relevance to professionals developing or enhancing foster care services for unaccompanied migrant children (such as social workers), other…
This report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) provides information on the migration situation throughout the EU from 1-30 June 2017. The report includes data on the child protection situation for migrant children, particularly the identification, emergency placement and accommodation of unaccompanied children.
The global migration of today has a strong impact on the lives of young people and children. The number of young people in the world is higher than ever before in history, and the young generation is among the most active migrants – be it migration within a country or between countries or continents, forced or voluntary. More than 80 per cent of the 32 476 asylum seekers who arrived in Finland in 2015 were under 35 years of age according to the Finnish Immigration Service. The proportion of unaccompanied minors was around ten per cent (3024 persons).
Youth research and youth policy in a…
Save the Children seeks foster homes in Finland for unaccompanied refugee children.