Leaving Care with “Cultural Baggage”: The Development of an Identity within a Transnational Space

Söderqvist, Åsa

doi:10.1080/0312407x.2013.863955

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“…They were working or studying; had established a supportive social network, expressed well-being and had a positive outlook on life and the future. More recent Swedish research is occupied with unaccompanied children's transition from care into adulthood (Söderqvist 2014) and how they and professionals working at homes for Care and Housing make sense of home and belonging (Wernesjö 2015;Söderqvist et al 2014). Several case studies have also explored interorganizational collaboration from a reception perspective, often emphasizing difficulties in terms of a lack of communication and trust between key actors (see for instance Höijer and Magnusson 2008).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The municipal social services are formally responsible for the children's care and for making decisions on accommodation. Some children are placed in foster care but a majority are placed in homes for Care and Housing (Söderqvist 2014). The municipality is also responsible for appointing a legal guardian and for making sure that the children are enrolled in education.…”

Section: Swedish Reception Of Unaccompanied Refugee Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Swedish Reception of Unaccompanied Refugee Children—Promoting Integration?

Wimelius

Eriksson

Isaksson

et al. 2016

Int. Migration & Integration

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In this article we describe and analyse the Swedish reception of unaccompanied refugee children and efforts to promote their integration into Swedish society. We identify the actors involved in the reception and promotion of the children's integration and investigate their efforts through the lens of social ecological systems theory. We show that reception is fraught with challenges that concern lack of interconnections between actors, lack of an articulated political vision of integration and absence of systematic evaluations and long-term follow-ups of how the reception affects integration.

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Swedish Reception of Unaccompanied Refugee Children—Promoting Integration?

Wimelius

Eriksson

Isaksson

et al. 2016

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Globala utmaningar omvandlas till lokala och frågor aktualiseras som innefattar allt från graden av ett öppet mottagande till dagliga göromål på myndigheter och institutioner runt om i Sverige. Ofta nämns individernas minoritetsbakgrund som en viktig del i att förstå och bemöta de människor som invandrat (Ní Raghallaigh & Sirriyeh, 2014;Barn, 2011;Stretmo & Melander, 2013;Söderqvist, 2014). Till gruppen nyanlända hör individer under 18 år som tagit sig till Sverige utan målsman eller annan enligt lag tillförordnad vårdnadshavare, det vill säga de så kallade ensamkommande barnen (United Nations Commitee on the Rights of the Child, 2005).…”

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Att bygga en tillfällig allians – metodologiska frågor vid intervjuer med ensamkommande barn och unga

Söderqvist¹,

Bülow²,

Sjöblom³

2017

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Building a temporary alliance – methodological issues in interviews with unaccompa nied minors Many people come to Europe in the hope of nding a safe haven. Global challenges are converted into local issues. e minority backgrounds of these people are often mentioned as an important component in the understanding of those coming to Sweden. e aim of this study is to discuss methodological challenges in research about vulnerable groups, with speci c focus on unaccom- panied children and adolescents. What challenges become visible in the research process when the researcher aims to focus on the unaccompanied minors’ perspective during their initial time in Sweden? What di erent positions and roles become evident in the encounter between unaccom- panied minors and the researcher during interviews? What di erent implications may that have in relation to the research process? In the discussion, we highlight the importance of constantly re ecting on the role of the researcher as a person and the in uence it may have on the relation to the respondent, as well as the opportunities and limitations of these di erent roles in the research process and for the results.

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“…This study is part of a larger research project about unaccompanied young people and perceptions about ethnicity and culture seen in relation to the process of leaving care. The findings in the first study of this project showed that young people with experiences of coming to Sweden as unaccompanied minors do not necessarily picture Sweden, or even the residential care unit, as a permanent place to stay and relate to as a home (Söderqvist, ). It therefore becomes important to create an understanding of the professional's emphasized meaning as an asserted link between the residential care units and the concept of home.…”

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Home sweet home? Professionals' understanding of ‘home’ within residential care for unaccompanied youths in Sweden

Söderqvist

Sjöblom

Bülow

2014

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TThe number of unaccompanied minors arriving in Sweden continues to rise. The majority are placed in residential care units. This qualitative study aims to increase the understanding given by the professionals to the concept of 'home' within the framework of residential care for unaccompanied young people. Data are based on participatory observations at two residential care units, followed up by individual interviews with staff. The findings confirm that the concept of home has a complex meaning involving both objective aspects such as physical buildings, and more subjective components that can be seen as state of mind. The staff's desire to offer an 'ordinary home' fails because of the surveillance, their dominant positions and especially due to the legal restrictions that were not initially meant for this target group. Unaccompanied young people have to be considered based on their own specific needs in order to make it possible for society to offer the most suitable care.

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Leaving Care with “Cultural Baggage”: The Development of an Identity within a Transnational Space

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Swedish Reception of Unaccompanied Refugee Children—Promoting Integration?

Swedish Reception of Unaccompanied Refugee Children—Promoting Integration?

Att bygga en tillfällig allians – metodologiska frågor vid intervjuer med ensamkommande barn och unga

Home sweet home? Professionals' understanding of ‘home’ within residential care for unaccompanied youths in Sweden

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