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Nowhere Home: The Waiting of Vulnerable Child Refugees
Odin Lysakersubject
DignityVDP::Humaniora: 000::Filosofiske fag: 160::Etikk: 164Human rightsVulnerable childmedia_common.quotation_subjectRefugeeVulnerabilityResidenceSociologyCriminologyExistentialismmedia_commonPeer reviewdescription
In her 2012 documentary Nowhere Home, filmmaker Margreth Olin sheds light on the vulnerabilities and injurabilities of child migrants subjected to prolonged waiting. The documentary shows unaccompanied minors being offered only temporary residence and thus identifies why these irregular migrants can be characterized as ‘particularly vulnerable’ by having their childhoods put on hold. Although the concept is contested, I conceive vulnerability as based on humans’ existential precondition in terms of something bodily and enabling. Due to child refugees’ particular vulnerability, prolonged waiting can violate their inherent dignity, bodily health, life quality and human rights. Therefore, in light of brief examples from Olin’s documentary, I introduce what I term as a ‘waiting guarantee’, which sets an ethical threshold level regarding such violation of their vulnerability.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 |