Children's Geographies
Volume 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-268

Pre-flight experiences and migration stories: The accounts of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (Article)

Hopkins P.E. , Hill M.
  • a School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
  • b Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society, Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G13 1PP, United Kingdom

Abstract

Much work about transnational migration and mobility overlooks the active role of children in such processes and experiences. This paper counters the omission from the literature by exploring the pre-flight experiences and migration stories of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Scotland. In doing so, we demonstrate that unaccompanied minors experience a range of traumatic situations in their countries of origin including, the death or persecution of family members, war, forced recruitment and personal persecution. In their experiences of transnational migration processes, the majority are brought by an agent, with accounts of smuggling and trafficking being minimal. © 2008 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Migration Asylum Children Unaccompanied Pre-flight experiences

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-67949087359&doi=10.1080%2f14733280802183981&partnerID=40&md5=2b2f59dfae5f93fc60709fef240b58f3
DOI: 10.1080/14733280802183981
ISSN: 14733285
Cited by: 59
Original Language: English