Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables

pp v-vi

List of acronyms

pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

Foreword

pp xv-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-12

Section 1 - Framing the youth migration debate

pp 13-14

one - Migration regimes and border controls: the crisis in Europe

pp 15-38

two - Dilemmas and conflicts in the legal system

pp 39-76

three - Caring for and about unaccompanied migrant youth

pp 77-102

Section 2 - Exploring migrant youth identities

pp 103-104

Preface: Voices of separated migrant youth

pp 105-114

four - Narrating the young migrant journey: themes of self-representation

pp 115-134

five - From individual vulnerability to collective resistance: responding to the emotional impact of trauma on unaccompanied children seeking asylum

pp 135-158

six - Spaces of belonging and social care

pp 159-186

seven - ‘Durable solutions’ when turning 18

pp 187-208

Section 3 - International perspectives

pp 209-210

eight - A relational approach to unaccompanied minor migration, detention and legal protection in Mexico and the US

pp 211-234

nine - Unaccompanied migrant youth in the Nordic countries

pp 235-256

ten - Life (forever) on hold: unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in Australia

pp 257-278

Conclusion

pp 279-288

Index

pp 289-294