A social pedagogy lens for social work practice with return migrants
<p class="first" id="d126439e120">The number of asylum rejections has increased in recent years, yet successful claims differ dependent on the originating county of the asylum seekers. In 2018, the European Union rejected 25 per cent of the 519,000 a...
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| description | <p class="first" id="d126439e120">The number of asylum rejections has increased in recent years, yet successful claims
differ dependent on the originating county of the asylum seekers. In 2018, the European
Union rejected 25 per cent of the 519,000 asylum requests which it received (
<a class="xref-link" href="#B20-IJSP-10-14">Eurostat, 2019</a>). Kosovars were the fourth-largest group of asylum seekers in Europe in 2015 and
96 per cent of them were rejected and returned to Kosova. Rejected asylum seekers
and those who lose their temporary status are returned to their countries of origin
partly because the EU endorses repatriation, or the return of forced migrants to their
country of origin, as a preferred solution to the migration crisis. This, despite
a significant body of research which substantiates that repatriation is not sustainable
and current repatriation policies have seldom considered the experiences of rejected
asylum seekers. Considering that social workers are the first point of contact for
many rejected asylum seekers, models of practice which inform social work with this
population are needed. This article uses the case of Kosovar returnees to examine
the utility of a social pedagogy lens to better prepare social workers to work with
returnees. Social pedagogy, with its dedication to social justice, the importance
it places on local and regional contexts, as well as its attention to praxis, is well
placed to guide social workers in partnering with return migrants as they navigate
the complex realities of reintegration. While grounded in Kosova’s context, the social
pedagogy framework has global implications considering the increasing number of return
migrants worldwide.
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| spelling | doaj.art-41640f79c1174e7cba42e523a678b0612023-02-23T12:34:42ZengUCL PressInternational Journal of Social Pedagogy2051-58042021-09-01101410.14324/111.444.ijsp.2021.v10.x.014A social pedagogy lens for social work practice with return migrantsKaltrina KusariChristine A. Walsh<p class="first" id="d126439e120">The number of asylum rejections has increased in recent years, yet successful claims differ dependent on the originating county of the asylum seekers. In 2018, the European Union rejected 25 per cent of the 519,000 asylum requests which it received ( <a class="xref-link" href="#B20-IJSP-10-14">Eurostat, 2019</a>). Kosovars were the fourth-largest group of asylum seekers in Europe in 2015 and 96 per cent of them were rejected and returned to Kosova. Rejected asylum seekers and those who lose their temporary status are returned to their countries of origin partly because the EU endorses repatriation, or the return of forced migrants to their country of origin, as a preferred solution to the migration crisis. This, despite a significant body of research which substantiates that repatriation is not sustainable and current repatriation policies have seldom considered the experiences of rejected asylum seekers. Considering that social workers are the first point of contact for many rejected asylum seekers, models of practice which inform social work with this population are needed. This article uses the case of Kosovar returnees to examine the utility of a social pedagogy lens to better prepare social workers to work with returnees. Social pedagogy, with its dedication to social justice, the importance it places on local and regional contexts, as well as its attention to praxis, is well placed to guide social workers in partnering with return migrants as they navigate the complex realities of reintegration. While grounded in Kosova’s context, the social pedagogy framework has global implications considering the increasing number of return migrants worldwide. </p>https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2021.v10.x.014 |
| spellingShingle | Kaltrina Kusari Christine A. Walsh A social pedagogy lens for social work practice with return migrants International Journal of Social Pedagogy |
| title | A social pedagogy lens for social work practice with return migrants |
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| title_short | A social pedagogy lens for social work practice with return migrants |
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