Dalia Abdelhady
Docent | Universitetslektor
Refugees in Europe : national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health
Författare
Summary, in English
Many European countries are becoming multicultural at a previously unseen rate. The number of immigrants including refugees has considerably increased since 2008, and especially after the beginning of the war in Syria. In 2015, 88,300 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in the Member States of the European Union (EU) and most came from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Eritrea. As a reaction to increased immigration, governments in many countries including Germany, Sweden and Norway implemented more restrictive immigration policy. A requirement for all countries, however, is the protection and welfare provision for all arriving children, regardless of their nationality, ensured by international and national legal frameworks. This paper provides an overview of the post 2015 immigration crisis in key European countries with a special focus on current demographics, refugee children, mental health studies, policies and practical support available for refugees.
Avdelning/ar
- MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
- Centrum för Mellanösternstudier (CMES)
Publiceringsår
2018
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
389-399
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volym
27
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
- Psychiatry
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1018-8827