Children’s views on their migratory journey: The importance of meaning for better adaptation

Gervais, Christine; Côté, Isabel; Pomerleau, Andréanne; Tardif‐Grenier, Kristel; Montigny, Francine de; Trottier-Cyr, Renée-Pier

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105673

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“…Around 10 million children and adolescents around the world immigrate to a new country each year, and adolescents from refugee families are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the migration experience—largely due to the stress of the journey and their precarious conditions of well-being (Gervais et al, 2021). Nevertheless, these adolescents can often rely on strong family support and generally show great capacities of adaptation, notably through schooling and ambitious educational projects (De Vos, 2012).…”

Section: Adolescents In International Survival Migrationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Different trajectories from a common crisis. Survival migrations and resilience of venezuelan adolescents to Peru

Cavagnoud

2023

Childhood

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This article examines the biography of adolescents who emigrated from Venezuela with family members due to economic hardship. It aims to highlight how a common crisis produces a variety of experiences, but that resilience is a central aspect of all life courses. It analyzes the stages of the adolescents’ migratory trajectory: their departure, journey, and settlement in Peru. The results show that the crisis homogenises the living conditions and produces a heterogeneity of migration experiences in which resilience is ever-present.

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Section: Adolescents In International Survival Migrationsmentioning

confidence: 99%