Research Handbook on Child Migration

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

'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

• Contents:Introduction Jacqueline BhabhaPART I HISTORIES OF CHILD MIGRATION Introduction1. Treading paths of violence: Displacements of bereft Armenian children in the aftermath of genocide Anouche Kunth2. Children as Casework: The problem of migrating and refugee children in the era of World War Heide Fehrenbach3. Opération Pedro Pan : The 1960s Transport of Unaccompanied Cuban Children to the United States Maria de los Angeles TorresPART II MIGRATION TRADITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES Introduction 4. From revolutionary education to futures elsewhere: Children and young refugees fleeing from EritreaMagnus Treiber5. Child mobility from and within West African countries Mahamet Timéra6. Desiring mobility: Child migration, parental distress and constraints on the future in North AfricaFrancesco Vacchiano7. Migrant children (including Roma children) from the Balkans and East EuropeOlivier Peyroux8. Roots of juvenile migration from El SalvadorSusan Bibler CoutinPART III THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF CHILD MIGRATION Introduction9. The role of the European Union in the protection of migrant childrenRebecca O’Donnell10. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relevant to child migrantsCiara Smyth11. Children’s Rights and US Immigration LawDavid B. Thronson12. Finding a new balance: Bringing together children’s rights law and migration policy for effective advocacy for migrant children Alice Farmer13. Applying the refugee definition to child-specific forms of persecutionLisa Frydman and Blaine BookeyPART IV CATEGORICAL DISTINCTIONS WITHIN CHILD MIGRATION14. Stateless childrenLaura van Waas15. The impact of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status on access to protection of unaccompanied child migrants in the United StatesVeronica T. Thronson 16. Unaccompanied Minors in Italy: Children or Aliens? Elena Rozzi17. Management of “the unaccompanied.” In search of a rights-based approach in the context of Swedish “crisis politics”Anna LundbergPART V CHILD SPECIFIC CHALLENGES TO RIGHTS PROTECTIONIntroduction18. Identification: Age and identity assessment Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marianne Vervliet and Ilse Derluyn19. Credibility: The challenge of establishing credibility in child asylum casesJudith Kumin20. Challenges of upholding children’s rights in immigration policy: lessons from AustraliaLisa Singh21. The challenge of strengthening the regional child protection system for children on the move in West Africa Olivier Geissler and Abimbola Lagunju22. Data: Creating the empirical base for development of child migration policy and protection Ann SingletonPART VI MIGRANT CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCESIntroduction: Hassan’s journey: route and transport conditions when one is denied a visa Philippe Rekacewicz23. The integration of asylum seeking and refugee children: Resilience in the face of adversityMuireann Ní Raghallaigh24. Wellbeing: Refugee children’s psychosocial well-being and mental healthCharles Watters and Ilse Derluyn25. Protection: Migrant children and institutional protectionRavi K.S. Kohli26. Education: The experience of Latino immigrant adolescents in the United StatesCarola Suárez-Orozco and Marcello Suárez-Orozco27. Protracted refugee situations: Adolescents in Dadaab, KenyaWenona Giles and Aida Orgocka28. Undocumented Central American children in the United StatesSusan J. Terrio29. The experience of distress: Child migration on Lesvos, Greece Vasileia Digidiki30. Learning as agency: Strategies of survival among young unaccompanied Somali asylum seekers in TurkeyEda Elif Tibet31. Children’s voices: listening to young African migrants in FranceDaniel Senovilla Hernández and Océane Uzureau32. Child labor and migration: The exploitation of migrant children in the artisanal mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo Roger-Claude LiwangaConclusion Index