TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montse Feu
AU  - Amanda Venta
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433179501
TI  - Serving Refugee Children
T2  - Listening to Stories of Detention in the USA
DO  - 10.3726/b16756
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1062256
N2  - Serving Refugee Children shows the struggles and traumatic experiences that unaccompanied and undocumented children undergo they seek safety in the United States and instead find imprisonment, separation from their families, and immigration enforcement raids. Current legislation and bureaucracy limit publication of first-person narratives from unaccompanied and undocumented children, but service providers and grassroots activists authoring the pieces in this collection bear witness to the children’s brave human spirits in their search for safety in the United States. Through the power of storytelling, Serving Refugee Children exposes the many hardships unaccompanied and undocumented children endure, including current detention center conditions. No child should have to live the persecution suffered by children featured in these stories, nor should they have to embark upon perilous journeys across Latin America or be subjected to the difficult immigration court process unaided. Researchers and readers who believe that the emotional bonding of storytelling can humanize discussions and lead to immigration policies that foster a culture of engagement and interconnectedness will be interested in this volume.
LA  - English
ER  -