Pre-flight experiences and migration stories: The accounts of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-268

  Hopkins, Peter E ^a   Hill, Malcolm ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Children; Migration; Pre flight experiences; Unaccompanied

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949087359     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280802183981     Document Type: Article

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