Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa.
This dissertation explores the experiences and perspectives of unaccompanied migrant children in Johannesburg South Africa. The children are between the ages of thirteen to nineteen and are all from Zimbabwe. The research focuses on how the young immigrants undertook their journey managing to fin...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-wits-oai-wiredspace.wits.ac.za-10539-134192019-05-11T03:41:07Z Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa. Nyuke, Simbarashe Unaccompanied immigrant children--South Africa. Illegal alien children--South Africa. This dissertation explores the experiences and perspectives of unaccompanied migrant children in Johannesburg South Africa. The children are between the ages of thirteen to nineteen and are all from Zimbabwe. The research focuses on how the young immigrants undertook their journey managing to find ways around the spaces and people they met along the way. The research demonstrates how the vulnerability which research participants feel was not constant. It oscillated depending primarily on spaces and social relationships which children encountered. Through ethnography and the life history approach, the daily experiences of the young people are looked at to provide an understanding of the way they dealt and are still dealing with their vulnerability. The intention being to show that vulnerability is always shifting and being shifted by young people. 2014-01-09T10:14:06Z 2014-01-09T10:14:06Z 2014-01-09 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net10539/13419 en application/pdf application/pdf |
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This dissertation explores the experiences and perspectives of unaccompanied migrant
children in Johannesburg South Africa. The children are between the ages of thirteen to
nineteen and are all from Zimbabwe. The research focuses on how the young immigrants
undertook their journey managing to find ways around the spaces and people they met along
the way. The research demonstrates how the vulnerability which research participants feel
was not constant. It oscillated depending primarily on spaces and social relationships which
children encountered. Through ethnography and the life history approach, the daily
experiences of the young people are looked at to provide an understanding of the way they
dealt and are still dealing with their vulnerability. The intention being to show that
vulnerability is always shifting and being shifted by young people. |
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Nyuke, Simbarashe |
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Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa. |
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Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa. |
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Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa. |
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Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa. |
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Children who cross borders : unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa. |
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