‘I Am Going to Europe Tomorrow’: 'The Myth of the Anchor Child and the Decision to Flee in the Narratives of Unaccompanied Children'
The term ‘anchor child’ implicates that, to create future homes in another country, parents supposedly use their children by sending them on a mission as ‘unaccompanied minors’. Since the term is sometimes used in public debate, our aim is to use elements of this stereotype to analyse and contrast i...
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Language: | English |
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Helsinki University Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | Nordic Journal of Migration Research |
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Online Access: | https://journal-njmr.org/articles/260 |