Vulnerable childhood, vulnerable adulthood: Direct provision as aftercare for aged-out separated children seeking asylum in Ireland

Raghallaigh, Muireann Ní; Thornton, Liam

doi:10.1177/0261018317691897

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“…We cannot assume that the needs of UAMs end once they turn 18. After care supports must be provided in ways that build on the work done while the young person was under 18 in order to ensure better outcomes in the longer term (Ní Raghallaigh & Thornton, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

The social care needs of unaccompanied minors: the Irish experience

Horgan

Raghallaigh

2017

European Journal of Social Work

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Access to the full text of the published version may require a subscription. Rights AbstractThe article examines forms of care which can be used by social workers to best respond to UAM's given their complex needs and particular vulnerability combined with their agency and resilience. The vulnerabilities and agency/resilience of UAMs are examined in the context of multiple borders (cultural, political and physical) being negotiated by these young people. While it focuses on Ireland as an example of a country where care provision for UAMs has improved considerably in recent years, it draws on both Irish and international literature. The article critically analyses the shift from hostel to foster care provision for UAM's in Ireland and explores benefits and difficulties associated with using foster care, while also discussing the use of alternative forms of care, such as residential care. We argue that social workers must always give consideration to a range of care options, to the needs of the individual child and to both their vulnerability and their resilience/agency. This is especially true given the diversity within the population of UAMs. Given the increasing numbers of refugees entering Europe and the mix of provision for unaccompanied minors across the continent, the Irish situation may represent a useful site for examination of their care.

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confidence: 99%

The social care needs of unaccompanied minors: the Irish experience

Horgan

Raghallaigh

2017

European Journal of Social Work

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“…These differences have persisted, with Arnold et al (2019, p.12) recently observing that resettled refugees benefit 'from a more formalised and targeted system of supports, including orientation' than spontaneous refugees (asylum seekers). The limited support available to asylum seekers in particular has been receiving considerable critical attention (Nedeljkovic, 2018;Ní Raghallaigh & Thornton, 2017;O'Reilly, 2018;White, 2012).…”

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Finding the Gap: Immigrant Integration Outcomes and Settlement Service Provision in the Republic of Ireland

Gilmartin

Dagg

2021

Int. Migration & Integration

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Immigrant integration is increasingly assessed through integration outcomes, which assess the degree of convergence of the experiences of immigrants and non-immigrants within a country. Integration processes – for example, settlement services in key areas such as employment, education and social inclusion – help to enhance integration outcomes. In this paper, we use the example of the Republic of Ireland to show that the relationship between desired integration outcomes and the provision of settlement services needs considerably more attention. We present immigrant integration outcomes for specific regions and groups of immigrants derived from existing large-scale data sets. We then use publicly available data on existing settlement services to assess the extent to which settlement services address key areas of immigrant integration outcomes. We demonstrate that there are considerable gaps in the provision of appropriate settlement services that could support the enhancement of key integration outcomes, such as the quality of work, language proficiency and housing. If immigrant integration outcomes are to be improved, the relationship between outcomes and settlement service provision has to be better coordinated and targeted to address the structural barriers faced by particular groups of immigrants and by immigrants living in particular regions.

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“…By contrast, accompanied children are cared for with their families in a system of 'direct provision', in which asylum seekers are accommodated in large institutional settings (old hotels or convents, for example), and provided with meals and a small allowance. This system has been widely recognized as something that hinders child development and causes social exclusion: it prevents integration both in the short and longer term, by severely limiting opportunities for children and adults to participate in society (Martin et al, 2016;Moran et al, 2017;Ní Raghallaigh et al, 2016, Ní Raghallaigh andThornton, 2017). Thus, it is evident that, even within particular national contexts, different policies can have differing impacts on refugee children's opportunities to integrate.…”

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confidence: 99%