Crisis for Whom? Critical global perspectives on childhood, care, and migration
09.01.23: In the migration crisis narrative, children and young people on the move are often depicted as ‘victims’ to be protected, rather than as a force for development, political, and societal change. Their voices, experiences, and stories are rarely heard.
Drawing on collaborations between young (im)migrants, researchers, artists and activists, this collection asks new questions about how crises are produced, mobility is controlled, and childhood is conceptualised. Answers to these questions have profound implications for resources, infrastructures, and relationships of care.
Samuel Hall’s contribution to this collection focuses on ‘Deportation as a migration crisis for children: Children's lived experience of return from Europe to Afghanistan’. Little is known about children’s experiences of return, how returns affect relations between family members and the implications for children’s care. This chapter explores children’s experiences and perceptions of various phases of migration and their return to Afghanistan and ways that their rights to care and protection can be ensured.
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