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In the Best Interest of the Child? The Politics of Vulnerability and Negotiations for Asylum in Sweden

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ID3626331
AutoresMarita Eastmond (0000-0001-6693-0006, Nordic School of Public Health, autor correspondente), Henry Ascher (0000-0001-7194-9908, University of Gothenburg)
Ano2011
Volume37
Fascículo8
Páginas1185-1200
Data de publicação2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2011.590776
OpenAlexW2123567555
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas45
Referências citadas14

This article concerns the interplay between government policy and practice and refugee children's welfare as these issues have been brought to the fore in public debate and controversy in the recent past in Sweden. Framed by the tension between immigration law and human rights conventions such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), incidences of ill-health and suffering among asylum-seeking children have both spurred public concerns over their vulnerability and welfare and questioned the authenticity and legitimacy of their claims. The images reflect the ambiguous constructions of refugee children and their families either as victims or as untrustworthy ‘others’. The article addresses the ways in which the focus on children resonates particularly in the Swedish context, related both to a long-standing concern with children's wellbeing and to a Swedish self-image as international model for children's rights. The issues manifested in the Swedish context form part of a wider problematic: suffering and vulnerability are expressions of, but also a potential resource in, an extremely harsh situation of severely limited options; they also have something to say about the risks of ‘humanitarianism’ and the changing terms of asylum in Europe today

Convention · Convention on the Rights of the Child · Criminology · Human rights · Immigration · Legitimacy · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Welfare · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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