Agency and Silence: Young People Seeking Asylum Alone in the UK

“…Like other asylum seekers, UAMs are compelled to leave their home countries as a result of a range of different factors (Bhabha and Crock, 2007;Chase, 2010;Hopkins and Hill, 2008;Kohli, 2007). Among these are the well-documented effects of war.…”

Section: International Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Critical social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: Restoring hope, agency and meaning for the client and worker

Nelson¹,

Price²,

Zubrzycki

2016

International Social Work

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This article presents a model of Australian social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people which aims to build hope, agency and meaning for the social worker and the young person. Informed by Foucault's understanding of resistance, the model encourages social workers to pay attention to little practices of freedom through the development of professional relationships which address counselling needs, practical advocacy and social change within complex socio-political, cultural and therapeutic contexts. A case vignette of 'Ali' applies the model in practice. The article concludes with an exploration of the model's potential for international transferability.

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“…We perceived these requests as expressions of agency: participants consciously made the choice to appeal to the researcher, aiming at initiating change in their situation (Kuczinski 2003). At the same time, this also indicated how they perceived the researcher: as a potentially powerful member of society who could have a particular influence (Kohli 2006;Chase 2010).…”

Section: Taking Action In a Complex Context: Acknowledging And Responmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multilayered Ethics in Research Involving Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

Vervliet¹,

Rousseau

Broekaert

et al. 2015

Journal of Refugee Studies

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Research articles about unaccompanied refugee minors (UM) have rarely addressed ethical issues. This is remarkable, given UM's specific, marginalized and vulnerable position within society, and the growing interest and developments in research ethics in refugee research. This article poses the question whether studies involving UM raise specific ethical issues compared to research on other refugee groups. We formulate personal reflections on ethical issues in a particular research project-a longitudinal study of UM in Belgium-and connect them to the existing body of literature on research ethics in qualitative and refugee research. We conclude that research ethics in studies with UM need to be multilayered because of researchers' obligation to take ethical responsibility at both the micro and socio-political levels.

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Agency and Silence: Young People Seeking Asylum Alone in the UK

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Religion in the Lives of Unaccompanied Minors: An Available and Compelling Coping Resource

Religion in the Lives of Unaccompanied Minors: An Available and Compelling Coping Resource

Critical social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: Restoring hope, agency and meaning for the client and worker

Multilayered Ethics in Research Involving Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

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