“The Best Risky Point”: Agency and Decision-Making in Young Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers' Stories of Leaving Home and Travelling to Australia

Seeking asylum is a perilous endeavour with unpredictable border crossings, protection prospects, and settlement outcomes. Young unaccompanied asylum seekers face even greater risks. Yet exclusively characterizing them as vulnerable or passive ignores their agency in making choices in a range o...

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Main Authors: Tori Stratford, Amy Nethery, Fethi Mansouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2023-11-01
Series:Refuge
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Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/41065