Journal of International Migration and Integration
Volume 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 143-157

Swedish Reception of Unaccompanied Refugee Children—Promoting Integration? (Article)

Wimelius M.E.* , Eriksson M. , Isaksson J. , Ghazinour M.
  • a Department of Political Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
  • b Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
  • c Department of Social Work, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
  • d Department of Social Work and Police Education Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Abstract

In this article we describe and analyse the Swedish reception of unaccompanied refugee children and efforts to promote their integration into Swedish society. We identify the actors involved in the reception and promotion of the children’s integration and investigate their efforts through the lens of social ecological systems theory. We show that reception is fraught with challenges that concern lack of interconnections between actors, lack of an articulated political vision of integration and absence of systematic evaluations and long-term follow-ups of how the reception affects integration. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Author Keywords

Integration reception unaccompanied refugee children Sweden

Index Keywords

international migration Sweden refugee social theory
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84954570308&doi=10.1007%2fs12134-016-0472-2&partnerID=40&md5=26ab8699eb14cbf797d06bf3cb157eba
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-016-0472-2
ISSN: 14883473
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English