Research Handbook on Child Migration

As the scale and complexity of global child migration grows, so too does the urgency of understanding this multifaceted phenomenon. This comprehensive, and original, Research Handbook is an essential tool for anyone seeking to engage in the topic. Collecting together a plethora of original intellectual, empirical and legal resources the Research Handbook on Child Migration probes the origins, characteristics and impacts of current child migration situations. Bringing together both leading experts and grass-roots activists, this Research Handbook is a comprehensive and diverse collection of the best and most up-to-date research on global child migration. It covers a wide range of topics from the history of specific child migration flows, the ethnography of child migration, and child specific legal tools and challenges, to the psychological effects of migration on child migrants. Presented in an accessible style, this Research Handbook provides a wealth of evidence and reflection which will enrich and improve the readers ability to tackle this key human rights challenge. This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community. Contributors include: H. Ascher, J. Bhabha, B. Bookey, S.B. Coutin, M. De los Angeles Torres, I. Derluyn, V. Digidiki, A. Farmer, H. Fehrenbach, L. Frydman, O. Geissler, W. Giles, A. Hjern, J. Kanics, R.K.S. Kohli, J. Kumin, R.-C. Liwanga, A. Lundberg, M. Ní Raghallaigh, R. O'Donnell, A. Orgocka, O. Peyroux, P. Rekacewicz, E. Rozzi, D. Senovilla, L. Singh, C. Smyth, C. Suárez-Orozco, S.J. Terrio, D.B. Thronson, V. Thronson, E.E. Tibet, M. Timéra, M. Treibe, O. Uzureau, F. Vacchiano, L. van Waas, M. Vervliet, C. Watters

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction Jacqueline Bhabha PART I HISTORIES OF CHILD MIGRATION Introduction 1. Treading paths of violence: Displacements of bereft Armenian children in the aftermath of genocide Anouche Kunth 2. Children as Casework: The problem of migrating and refugee children in the era of World War Heide Fehrenbach 3. Opération Pedro Pan : The 1960s Transport of Unaccompanied Cuban Children to the United States Maria de los Angeles Torres PART II MIGRATION TRADITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES Introduction 4. From revolutionary education to futures elsewhere: Children and young refugees fleeing from Eritrea Magnus Treiber 5. Child mobility from and within West African countries Mahamet Timéra 6. Desiring mobility: Child migration, parental distress and constraints on the future in North Africa Francesco Vacchiano 7. Migrant children (including Roma children) from the Balkans and East Europe Olivier Peyroux 8. Roots of juvenile migration from El Salvador Susan Bibler Coutin PART III THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF CHILD MIGRATION Introduction 9. The role of the European Union in the protection of migrant children Rebecca O’Donnell 10. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relevant to child migrants Ciara Smyth 11. Children’s Rights and US Immigration Law David B. Thronson 12. Finding a new balance: Bringing together children’s rights law and migration policy for effective advocacy for migrant children Alice Farmer 13. Applying the refugee definition to child-specific forms of persecution Lisa Frydman and Blaine Bookey PART IV CATEGORICAL DISTINCTIONS WITHIN CHILD MIGRATION 14. Stateless children Laura van Waas 15. The impact of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status on access to protection of unaccompanied child migrants in the United States Veronica T. Thronson 16. Unaccompanied Minors in Italy: Children or Aliens? Elena Rozzi 17. Management of “the unaccompanied.” In search of a rights-based approach in the context of Swedish “crisis politics” Anna Lundberg PART V CHILD SPECIFIC CHALLENGES TO RIGHTS PROTECTION Introduction 18. Identification: Age and identity assessment Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marianne Vervliet and Ilse Derluyn 19. Credibility: The challenge of establishing credibility in child asylum cases Judith Kumin 20. Challenges of upholding children’s rights in immigration policy: lessons from Australia Lisa Singh 21. The challenge of strengthening the regional child protection system for children on the move in West Africa Olivier Geissler and Abimbola Lagunju 22. Data: Creating the empirical base for development of child migration policy and protection Ann Singleton PART VI MIGRANT CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES Introduction: Hassan’s journey: route and transport conditions when one is denied a visa Philippe Rekacewicz 23. The integration of asylum seeking and refugee children: Resilience in the face of adversity Muireann Ní Raghallaigh 24. Wellbeing: Refugee children’s psychosocial well-being and mental health Charles Watters and Ilse Derluyn 25. Protection: Migrant children and institutional protection Ravi K.S. Kohli 26. Education: The experience of Latino immigrant adolescents in the United States Carola Suárez-Orozco and Marcello Suárez-Orozco 27. Protracted refugee situations: Adolescents in Dadaab, Kenya Wenona Giles and Aida Orgocka 28. Undocumented Central American children in the United States Susan J. Terrio 29. The experience of distress: Child migration on Lesvos, Greece Vasileia Digidiki 30. Learning as agency: Strategies of survival among young unaccompanied Somali asylum seekers in Turkey Eda Elif Tibet 31. Children’s voices: listening to young African migrants in France Daniel Senovilla Hernández and Océane Uzureau 32. Child labor and migration: The exploitation of migrant children in the artisanal mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo Roger-Claude Liwanga Conclusion Index

About the Author :
Edited by Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of Research, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, US, Jyothi Kanics, Child Circle and Daniel Senovilla Hernández, Research Fellow CNRS – MIGRINTER – Université de Poitiers, France; Coordinator of the Observatory on the Migration of Minors; main editor of the journal Children and Young People on the Move

Review :
'Historically, migration studies has focused on men, then adults, and only rarely on children. This book testifies to the growing interest in child migrants, including those who are trafficked and those who find themselves saddled with illegal statuses due to the movements of their parents. Covering many disciplines, countries and applied fields, this Research Handbook will be essential reading for those interested in child migration and protection. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a conceptually and policy-rich collection of original contributions.' --Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK