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Background
Children being left behind (LBC) in their home countries due to parental emigration is a global issue. Research shows that parents’ emigration negatively affects children’s mental health and well-being. Despite a high number of LBC, there is a dearth of data from Eastern European countries. The present study aims to collect and analyse self-reported data on LBC emotional and behavioural problems and compare children’s reports with those of parents/caregivers.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted in 24 Lithuanian schools, involving parents/…
This report presents an analysis of focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted over the course of December 2023 and January 2024 with children affected by the conflict in Ukraine, including those displaced within Ukraine as well as those in Romania, Moldova, and Georgia. The primary objective is to understand children’s perceptions of their well-being, new environments, educational setups, and coping strategies in the context of displacement and conflict.
This study addresses critical gaps in the current understanding of the experiences of displaced Ukrainian children. By focusing on…
This study addresses children’s right to family life when placed in public care and questions how the Child Welfare Service and the Child Welfare Tribunal understand and facilitate this right within a Norwegian context.
Based on a thematic analysis of 18 interviews, factors that have the potential to contribute to and challenge the strengthening and development of ties are presented.
The implications of these factors for practice are discussed in light of the value of family life, the double role of foster parents, and the use of discretion when balancing children’s right to family life…
Abstract:
Migration has been a core part of India’s labour economy for a very long time. When it is discussed, it is largely framed as an issue to do with male labour. In reality, however, the migrant labour workforce contains a significant proportion of women, many of them accompanied by children.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to attention the way migrants access social inclusion mechanisms and welfare schemes, which aim to reduce the vulnerability of poor laborers, and would do better to better recognize circular and seasonal mobility patterns. The barriers remain particularly…
The adoption of Ukrainian children, by U.S. citizens, is examined as the Ukrainian government ceases adoptions of children during the chaos of war. Intercountry adoption dynamics are presented with data from 2021, prior to the conflict in 2022. Then, the situation regarding child rights and the official Ukrainian government position are considered. Implications for guardianship and foster care of unaccompanied refugee minors are presented along with other critical risks to Ukrainian children living in another country. Implications for social work practice are concluded and child rights…
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted unprecedented reverse migration, forcing millions of migrants to return to their countries of origin. Due to loss of employment and income, fear of getting infected with COVID-19 or a desire to be with their families during the pandemic, many migrants - including youth migrants from East Africa who were living in the Gulf and who are the focus of this chapter - returned or were repatriated to their countries.
This chapter is part of the "Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19" and explores the gender and youth dimensions of return from GCC…
While children have always been a part of migration flows, migration scholarship has, until recently, ignored their experiences. Seminal theories focused on adult male migrants, concentrating on how individuals or family units make rational decisions to maximize return on labor, diversify income sources, and pursue socioeconomic mobility by migrating to places where wages are higher.
In the 1970s, feminist scholarship began to question the validity of these explanatory frameworks, bringing attention to the experiences of women as independent migratory actors with their own agency and…
This webinar explored the role of the Catholic Church in responding to children who are migrating alone or who are at risk of or have been separated from their families in the context of migration.
- How does Catholic social teaching inform faith communities’ responses to unaccompanied and separated children in the context of migration?
- How do Catholic principles and practices…
Understanding reunification practice in the children’s social care system in England
This report aims to shed light on:
- what guides reunification practice
- how decisions are made before and after reunification
- what support for reunification looks like
- how reunification practice is monitored and improved.
The ‘Supporting Integration’ toolkit documents and shares good practice guidance for practitioners working with child migrants. The toolkit was developed as part of a three year project which involved research into the integration of children moving from the Middle East to Europe, and aims to enhance integration support and services, ensuring that children and young people are provided with a care that fosters their development and well-being.
The toolkit is built around a model of integration which contains the six dimensions that should be considered when supporting a child or…