Unaccompanied Young Migrants

Exploring in depth the journeys migrant youth take through the UK legal and care systems, this book contributes new thinking, from a social justice perspective, on migration and human rights for policy, practice and future research.

About the author

Sue Clayton has directed two films on child asylum: Hamedullah: The Road Home (2013) and Calais Children: A Case to Answer (2017), both have been submitted in asylum and High Court appeal cases. She is Professor of Film at Goldsmiths University of London and consultant producer for ITV and Channel 4 News.

Anna Gupta is a Professor of Social Work at Royal Holloway, University of London. Anna has undertaken research and published articles on a range of subjects linked to child care and protection practice. Her particular interests include work in the family courts, poverty and social work, and practice with Black and minority ethnic children and families.

Katie Willis is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focuses on migration, gender and development, with particular interests in transnational families and the role of migration in reproducing or challenging social inequality.

Summary

Exploring in depth the journeys migrant youth take through the UK legal and care systems, this book contributes new thinking, from a social justice perspective, on migration and human rights for policy, practice and future research.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Clayton
• Assisted by: Sue Clayton (Editor), Sue (Goldsmiths University of London) Clayton (Editor), Anna Gupta (Editor), Anna (Royal Holloway Gupta (Editor), Katie Willis (Editor), Katie (Royal Holloway Willis (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781447331889
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3188-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories