Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children: Whose perspective?

Childhood

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-507

  Wernesjö, Ulrika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agency; emotional health; migration; unaccompanied children; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870014870     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568211429625     Document Type: Article

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