The rate of migration for children (those aged 0-17 years) is perceived to be growing, though there are few reliable estimates to substantiate this claim. The literature is fairly limited, with migration of this group of young people often being represented as pathological within the literature. This literature fails to recognise that these children can be affected as children who migrate independently of their families, as children left behind, when father, mother or both parents migrate, and as children in families that have migrated. The aim of the following collection of resources is to highlight the research that demonstrates the complexity of migration flows of these children: who goes, to where, why, for how long etc. A distinguishing point of some of the research is the perspectives of the children, their voices and their experiences, where children are the key actors. The main themes of the Child Migration Research Network are based on the categories:
Using Deconstructing Developmental Psychology to Read Child Migrants to South AfricaAuthor: Palmary, I. and Mahati, S.
Publication date: 10/01/2015
In this article, we consider how we can use the text Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Refugee Children in Sweden: An Outlook on Demography, Education and EmploymentAuthor: Celikaksoy, A. and Wadensjo, E.
Publication date: 21/04/2015
The number of unaccompanied minors has increased over the past ten years in Sweden, the European country that...› See full document
Remittances and Child Labour in Burkina FasoAuthor: Bargain, O and Boutin, D
Publication date: 13/02/2015
This paper explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. We
Making other dreams: The impact of migration on the psychosocial wellbeing of Albanian-origin children and young people upon their families' return to AlbaniaAuthor: Vathi, Z. and Duci, V.
Publication date: 12/02/2015
Return migration has not been associated with negative psychosocial outcomes, while the experience of children...› See full document
Transnational Orientation, Cosmopolitanism and Integration among Albanian-origin teenagers in TuscanyAuthor: Zana Vathi
Publication date: 21/08/2013
Research on transnationalism and integration is increasingly focusing on the intersections between the two...› See full document