'No one gives you a chance to say what you are thinking': Finding space for children's agency in the UK asylum system

Area

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-169

  Crawley, Heaven ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Children; Interviews; Politics; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; REFUGEE; RESEARCH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953758030     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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