Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Sweden: Challenges in Residential Care and the Role of Professional Social Work

Seidel, Franziska Anna; James, Sigrid

doi:10.1080/0886571x.2019.1571982

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“…But that's a record we've been unable to maintain: we're unable to work with them to the same extent. (#008) This agrees with findings from previous research regarding unaccompanied minors, which has shown that Swedish municipalities often struggle to maintain a high quality of social services for them, and that they generally have very little adult contact (Lundberg and Dahlquist 2012;Seidel and James 2019). A recent challenge is the closing down of housing for asylum seekers.…”

Section: Consequences Of Inflow and Outflow -State Compensation And L...supporting

confidence: 85%

'A spanner in the works': exploring the relationship between provision of welfare and integration in rural areas

Stenbacka¹,

Mathisen²

2023

Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe

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INTRODUCTION -REFUGE MIGRATION INTO RURAL AREAS IN SWEDENIn this chapter we examine the parallel processes of rural municipalities receiving and integrating refugees and experiences of decreased access to physically placed public services from a rural justice perspective. We aim to expose how the perceived distribution of resources, or state withdrawal, is aligned with experiences of social cohesion and integration measures from the perspective of rural municipalities in Dalarna in Sweden. Many municipalities in peripheral and remote European regions face similar challenges following the decline of services and changing living conditions in Europe's rural areas (European Commission 2004;Rodríguez-Pose 2018).We base our exploration of the relationship between the provision of welfare and integration in rural areas on three observations. Rural places are becoming actors in global migration movements and the globalization of places instead of acting as passive recipients (

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Section: Consequences Of Inflow and Outflow -State Compensation And L...supporting

confidence: 85%

'A spanner in the works': exploring the relationship between provision of welfare and integration in rural areas

Stenbacka¹,

Mathisen²

2023

Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe

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“…Thousands of refugees have entered Sweden, including many children and youth [ 2 ]. Sweden is generally viewed as successful in its acceptance and reception of refugees, but it still experienced many challenges in providing quality services to refugees, especially during the height of the refugee crisis [ 3 ]. Young refugees are an especially vulnerable population.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote mental health of refugee youth in Sweden (The RefugeesWellSchool Trial): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Durbeej

McDiarmid

Sarkadi

et al. 2021

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Background Sweden is home to a large and growing population of refugee youths who may be at risk of mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thus, there is a need for interventions that address mental health problems in these populations. Schools have been identified as an ideal setting for delivering such interventions as they offer a non-stigmatizing space and are often central to young refugees’ social networks. The RefugeesWellSchool trial in Sweden will investigate an intervention comprising two programmes: Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) and In-service Teacher Training (INSETT), delivered in a school setting, among refugee youth. TRT is a group-based programme for children and adolescents, informed by Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). INSETT is a multi-module course for teachers providing information on trauma and the refugee experience to build teachers’ cultural competence and capacity for supporting refugee youths in schools. Methods This trial employs a cluster randomized-control design with two arms: (1) the intervention arm in which the TRT and INSETT programmes are offered (n = 350), (2) the wait-list control arm (n = 350) in which services are provided as usual until the TRT and INSETT programmes are offered approximately six months later. Data will be collected prior to the intervention, immediately following the intervention, and at three months post-intervention. Outcomes for the trial arms will be compared using linear mixed models or ANCOVA repeated measures as well as the Reliable Change Index (RCI). Discussion This study will provide knowledge about the effectiveness of an intervention comprising two programmes: a group-based programme for youth reporting symptoms of PTSD and a training course for teachers, in order to build their competence and ability to support refugee youths in schools. Trial registration ISRCTN, ISRCTN48178969, Retrospectively registered 20/12/2019.

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“…Migration involves loss of continuity, homeland, friends, former identity, and language (Tummala-Narra, 2014) but also involves motivation, strength, and hope (Seidel & James, 2019;Wernesjö, 2012). Our participants show that UMs are eager to contribute to their new country and they do not express tendencies to exclusively socialize with those who share their background, or to one-sidedly preserve their cultural heritage and traditions, which refugees are often portrayed to do (Pon, 2009).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Strivings to understand such experiences from a contextual perspective, are central to our research. We submit that if refugees are understood as inherently deficient and traumatized, and if trauma is seen as a disorder, contextual factors such as loss of familiar places and family members, poor living conditions, social exclusion, lack of social support and meaningful activities might become neglected (Jarlby, Goosen, Derluyn, Vitus, & Jervelund, 2018;Seidel & James, 2019;Wernesjö, 2012). Nevertheless, refugees have difficulties accessing health care and social services, which is connected to experiences of social exclusion, material poverty, and inadequate nutrition and living conditions (Beirens, Hughes, Hek, & Spicer, 2007).…”

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Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors’ understandings of integration. An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Hosseini

Punzi

2021

Smith College Studies in Social Work

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There is a lack of knowledge concerning how unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) perceive integration. This study concerns how Afghan UMs in Sweden understand integration. Seven young men, age 18-23, who came to Sweden as UMs, participated in semi-structured interviews, analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The results showed that integration was understood as a process in which relationships, connectedness, and concrete support are fundamental. Education, employment, and leisure activities were important for integration. Integration also improved by contributing to the new country, for example, through paying taxes or voluntary work. We discuss how integration could be supported, for example, through making UMs cocreators of interventions and through acknowledging the importance of meaningful activities, relationships, and concrete support.

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Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Sweden: Challenges in Residential Care and the Role of Professional Social Work

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

'A spanner in the works': exploring the relationship between provision of welfare and integration in rural areas

'A spanner in the works': exploring the relationship between provision of welfare and integration in rural areas

Evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote mental health of refugee youth in Sweden (The RefugeesWellSchool Trial): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors’ understandings of integration. An interpretative phenomenological analysis

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