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Unaccompanied Minors in Greece and Italy: An Exploration of the Challenges for Social Work within Tighter Immigration and Resource Constraints in Pandemic Times

Theano KallinikakiRavinder BarnRoberta Teresa Di Rosa

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Economic growthSocial workmedia_common.quotation_subjectImmigrationGeneral Social SciencesCOVID-19 pandemicunaccompanied minorContext (language use)Safeguardingunaccompanied minorsprecaritychild well-beinglcsh:Social Scienceslcsh:HPrecarityPolitical scienceLegal guardianwelfare systemsmedia_common.cataloged_instancewelfare systemSettore SPS/07 - Sociologia GeneraleEuropean unionWelfaremedia_common

description

The number of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) arriving in the European Union (EU) has been increasing dramatically over recent years resulting in the formulation of EU policy directives around safeguarding and well-being. Notably, the majority of UAMs enter Europe irregularly through two main gateways to the European continent: via Italy, using the Central Mediterranean Sea route

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-04-12Social Sciences
10.3390/socsci10040134https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/4/134