Separated Migrant Young Women in State Care

Living in Contested Spaces

By:

Rachel Larkin

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Studies in Childhood and Youth

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This book considers the responses of states to migrant girls who are separated from family and enter state care systems as unaccompanied or trafficked young people. The book draws on research with girls and social work practitioners in the UK to explore what can happen when separated girls encounter professionals at borders and within care systems. It considers how separated girls adapt to different ideas of what it means to be a girl in destination countries, and how this is affected by their other intersecting identities. The book identifies how girls can feel welcomed, but also how young migrants can be seen in excluding ways. It argues that narratives of the fragile ‘refugee child’ are unhelpful ways to understand individual girls. Using theories and clear language relevant to both academics and practitioners, the author fills a gap in the research on migrant and trafficked young women who frequently represent the minority in care systems globally.

Author Biography:

Rachel Larkin is Lecturer in Social Work at University of Kent, UK. She has worked extensively in Children and Families services and with young people affected by immigration systems. She co-edited Social Work with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants (2019).

Release date Australia

November 1st, 2022

Author

Rachel Larkin

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2022

Illustrations

4 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 212 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.

Pages

212

Series

Studies in Childhood and Youth

ISBN-13

9783031151828

Product ID

35983775

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