Unaccompanied migrant minors in Europe and US: A review of psychological perspective and care challenges

L Migliorini, N Rania, N Varani… - Journal of Prevention & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Unaccompanied migrant minors are youth under the age of 18 who migrate alone, traveling
separately from both parents. These youth may be asylum seekers, recognized refugees, or …

Unaccompanied minors in Greece and Italy: an exploration of the challenges for social work within tighter immigration and resource constraints in pandemic times

R Barn, RT Di Rosa, T Kallinikaki - Social Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The number of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) arriving in the European Union (EU) has
been increasing dramatically over recent years resulting in the formulation of EU policy …

Friendship attachment style, intolerance of uncertainty, and psychological distress among unaccompanied immigrant minors in times of COVID‐19

C Ceccon, U Moscardino - Journal of Adolescence, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This cross‐sectional study used a convergent parallel mixed‐method design to
investigate friendship attachment style, intolerance of uncertainty, and psychological distress …

Explaining psychosocial care among unaccompanied minor refugees: a realist review

HS Ulrich, E Kohler, J Spallek, M Richter… - European Child & …, 2022 - Springer
Research on the psychosocial care (PSC) of unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs) has
mainly taken a socioepidemiological approach and has focused on the perspectives of …

Through a relational lens: reflections about foster care experience in Italian emancipated foster youth

P Cardinali, F Bizzi, L Migliorini - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The study aimed to investigate relational outcomes of Italian emancipated foster youth
across open-ended reflections about their perceptions of their relationships with the …

Anatomy of a crisis: Governing youth mobility through vulnerability

L Heidbrink - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In 2018, the Italian Coast Guard rescued 190 migrants onboard an overcrowded
vessel from Libya. Held at sea for five days, the Italian government finally permitted the …

The Rights of Refugee Children and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

JA Lawrence, AE Dodds, I Kaplan, MM Tucci - Laws, 2019 - mdpi.com
Refugee children are identified as rights-bearers by the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC), but their rights are not uniformly honored in the policies and …

Unaccompanied minors: worldwide research perspectives

E Salmerón-Manzano, F Manzano-Agugliaro - Publications, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to the globalisation of the economy, migratory flows have increased significantly.
Unaccompanied foreign minors have become a growing problem in recent years. The …

Motivations and family functioning of foster families in Italy

L Migliorini, N Rania, P Cardinali… - Journal of Social …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper was to investigate foster family care to better understand this unique
care-giving context. The research objective was to understand motivation, family functioning …

Navigating sense of home: Migration experiences of home and community

AP Camilleri, JR Ferrari, V Romoli, P Cardinali… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Migrants experience significant stresses when transitioning to find a sense of belonging
(Kirmaryer et. al 2011), particularly when migration is forced. Using a survey administered to …