Childhood
Volume 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-227

Home journeys: Im/mobilities in young refugee and asylum-seeking women's negotiations of home (Article)

Sirriyeh A.*
  • a University of Leeds, Children and Young People's Social Work Team, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Abstract

Research with refugees and asylum seekers tends to be divided into research with adults or research with children under the age of 18. This is despite relational approaches to studying age that contest such dichotomous and fixed understandings of 'life-stages'. This article seeks to provide an insight into the experiences of young women who in legal, policy and migration research terms are placed along the borders of this category divide. The article explores the experiences of young (16- to 25-year-old) refugee and asylum-seeking women in the UK and examines the role of im/mobility in their negotiations of home. © The Author(s) 2010.

Author Keywords

Asylum seekers Im/mobility Refugees young women home

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77955301509&doi=10.1177%2f0907568210365667&partnerID=40&md5=4643cc491b6f4e4a6f73600ff3439ded
DOI: 10.1177/0907568210365667
ISSN: 09075682
Cited by: 17
Original Language: English