Search for dissertations about: "unaccompanied minors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words unaccompanied minors.

2. 1. Drawing the limits : Unaccompanied minors in Swedish asylum policy and procedure

   Author : Daniel Hedlund; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Mauro Zamboni; Charles Watters; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied minors; separated minors; refugees; asylum policy; child policy; legislators; migration reform; legislative intent; juridification; perceptions; adolescent; age assessment; immigration agency; credibility; evidence assessment; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to explore legislators’ perceptions of unaccompanied children in the development of migration law, and how case-officers transform the policy in arguments for and against residency in asylum-cases.More specifically, this thesis explores how Swedish legislators experienced parliamentary work when putting in place the 2005 Aliens Act and the new system for appeals and procedures. READ MORE

4. 2. From a place without speech : negotiations of othering among unaccompanied female minors in Sweden

   Author : Elin Ekström; Monika Wilińska; Pia H. Bülow; Ulrika Börjesson; Ann-Christine Andersson; Marcus Herz; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied minors; migration; gender; youth;

   Abstract : The study presented in this thesis focuses on unaccompanied female minors and their experiences as newly arrived migrants in Sweden. As a group, unaccompanied female minors have until recently been rather invisible in both academic research and media. READ MORE

5. 3. Unaccompanied minors (un-)made in Sweden. Ungrievable lives and access to rights produced through policy

   Author : Baharan Kazemi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social work; migration; unaccompanied minors; borders;

   Abstract : On 24 November 2015, the Swedish prime minister announced a new, restrictive asylum policy with the explicit aim of placing Sweden at the EU minimum level in terms of refugee reception. A temporary Aliens Act minimized the right to asylum and family reunification. At the centre of the policy debate was the figure of the unaccompanied minor. READ MORE

6. 4. Conditional Belonging : Listening to Unaccompanied Young Refugees’ Voices

   Author : Ulrika Wernesjö; Keith Pringle; Elisabet Näsman; Charles Watters; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied refugee minors; belonging; home; place; racialization; negotiation; gratitude; young age; qualitative methods; sociological listening; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This thesis explores negotiations of belonging among unaccompanied young refugees in Sweden. The thesis further aims to shed light on methodological aspects of bringing out their voices. READ MORE

7. 5. Unaccompanied refugee minors and political responses in Sweden: Challenges for social work

   Author : Caroline Östman; Masoud Kamali; Jessica H. Jönsson; Marcus Herz; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied refugee minors; critical social work; migration; integration; postcolonialism; critical intersectionalism; neoliberalism; globalisation;

   Abstract : Currently, there are 68.5 million people forcibly displaced around the world, which is the highest figure since World War II. The affected individuals have fled their homes to seek protection elsewhere, either within their own country or across national borders. Approximately 16. READ MORE