“It will help me in life, that my life will be better”: Future Challenges for Children of Migrant Families

Abstract

Not much attention has been paid to the children of migrant families in the receiving Israeli society. Our research focuses on how migrant children cope with future orientation and challenges how those children perceive their future course of life. This study speaks with the voices of the children, as represented in their personal stories and interviews, and reveals their interpretation of their futures, their integration in the receiving society, and the significance they accord to the events, activities and experiences they have undergone. Our findings reveal that in the area of future life course the children expressed a positive approach to school, to matriculation, to work and fulfilling future ambitions. In contrast in the area of existential life course children expressed a negative view and most of them reported that it is difficult for immigrant families live in Israel, and therefore they would prefer to migrate to another country.

Kindergarten teachers promote the participation experience of African Asylum‐Seeker families

“…The State of Israel has not taken responsibility for the asylum seekers, has not regulated their status, and has not appointed an administrative body to coordinate the handling of their affairs (Kemp & Raijman, 2008). Therefore, they are perceived as foreigners of temporary status, and as such they do not receive any support from the state and face economic, employment, and family instability (Eliyahu-Levi & Ganz-Meishar, 2017). They strive to maintain a distance from the majority group and their involvement in the new community is reduced (Ravhon & Lev-Ari, 2011).…”