Search for dissertations about: "Asylum"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the word Asylum.

  2. 11. Children at the Borders

    Author : Jonathan Josefsson; Karin Zetterqvist Nelson; Göran Collste; Anna Lundberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Asylum; children’s rights; citizenship; right claims; socio-political practice; borders; migration; Barn; asyl; barns rättigheter; medborgarskap; rättighetsanspråk; socio-politisk praktik; gränser; migration;

    Abstract : In the wake of a steady flow of child migrants attempting to cross borders and states’ efforts to restrict immigration, various public controversies have arisen about the rights of asylum-seeking children. The ‘moral gap’ between the outcome of democratically enacted laws and the aim of controlling immigration, on the one hand, and public calls to protect the universal rights of asylum seeking children, on the other, have created a political challenge for Western democracies. READ MORE

  4. 12. International Law and the Rescue of Refugees at Sea

    Author : Martin Ratcovich; Said Mahmoudi; Marie Jacobsson; Natalie Klein; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; law of the sea; maritime law; refugee law; human rights; migration; asylum; law enforcement; smuggling; refugees; migrants; boat people; rescue; non-refoulement; legal theory; interpretation of treaties; systemic integration; Public International Law; folkrätt;

    Abstract : International law provides a duty to rescue everyone in distress at sea. Rescue at sea often entails recovering survivors and bringing them on board ships or other rescue units. While their subsequent delivery and disembarkation may not always be controversial, they frequently are if those assisted are refugees and migrants. READ MORE

  5. 13. Mental Health and Quality of Life Among Individuals in Asylum Accommodations : Screening and Intervention

    Author : Anna Leiler; Ingrid Zakrisson; Anna Bjärtå; Elisabet Wasteson; Sofie Bäärnhielm; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mental health; quality of life; refugees; asylum seekers; screening; intervention;

    Abstract : Refugees have often experienced traumatic events that could be classified as disasters before leaving their home countries. They are further distressed by difficult experiences while in flight and after reaching the new country. READ MORE

  6. 14. Forced repatriation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking refugee children : towards an interagency model

    Author : Johanna Sundqvist; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mojgan Padyab; Kenneth Ögren; Solvig Ekblad; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; collaboration; coping; forced repatriation; interagency collaboration; mental health; social support; social workers; Sweden; police officers; psychosocial job characteristics; unaccompanied asylum-seeking refugee children;

    Abstract : Introduction Not all children seeking asylum without parents or other relatives are entitled to residence permits. In the last few years, more than one in four unaccompanied asylum-seeking refugee children have been forced to repatriate, either to their home country or to a transit country. READ MORE

  7. 15. Restricting participation : Unaccompanied children in interpreter-mediated asylum hearings in Sweden

    Author : Olga Keselman; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Per Linell; Carl-Martin Allwood; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Children; conditions for participation; interpreter-mediated asylum hearings; communication.; Barn; delaktighet; tolkmedierade utredningssamtal; kommunikation.; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The overall goal of this thesis was to highlight different communicative aspects of participation in interpreter-mediated asylum hearings with unaccompanied Russianspeaking children who had applied for asylum in Sweden between 2001 and 2005. Participation in the asylum process is guaranteed to these children by the Swedish Administrative Law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which are incorporated in the Swedish Aliens Act. READ MORE