Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Journal articles:

"Asylum Seeking Children and Adolescents in Australian Immigration Detention on Nauru: A Longitudinal Cohort Study," BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4:e000615 (March 2020) [open access]

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 2 (2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Children of the Crisis: Ethnographic Perspectives on Unaccompanied Refugee Youth in and En Route to Europe." The introduction is freely available, and two articles on unaccompanied refugee minors in Sweden and Switzerland are open access

"Not for Adults Only: Toward a Child’s Lens in Migration Policies in Asia," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 3 March 2020 [open access]

"Representing Childhood and Forced Migration: Narratives of Borders and Belonging in European Screen Content for Children," Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 2 (2019) [full-text via Univ. of Westminster IR]

"Visualizing the Voiceless and Seeing the Unspeakable: Understanding International Wordless Picturebooks about Refugees," Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 2 (2019) [postprint]
- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 9 Dec. 2022.

"What Happened to Children Who Returned from the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda?," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 4 March 2020 [open access]

United States:

"Attitudes Toward Separating Immigrant Families at the United States–Mexico Border," Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Early View, 4 Feb. 2020 [ResearchGate]
- Note: The data, syntax files, and study materials are available here: https://osf.io/g6djt/.

Children Sent to Mexico under Trump Face Abuses, Trauma (Human Rights Watch, March 2020) [text]

Communication and Management Challenges Impeded HHS's Response to Zero-Tolerance Policy (HHS Office of Inspector General, March 2020) [text]

"The Rise of Zero Tolerance and the Demise of Family," Georgia State University Law Review, vol. 36, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

Southwest Border: Actions Needed to Address Fragmentation in DHS's Processes for Apprehended Family Members (Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2020) [text]

Southwest Border: Actions Needed to Improve DHS Processing of Families and Coordination between DHS and HHS (Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related BuzzFeed News article.

A State-by-State Look at Children of Immigrants (Urban Institute, Feb. 2020) [access]
- Follow the link for "fact sheets [that] present characteristics about children of immigrants and their parents, families, and households for all 50 states, DC, and the nation as a whole, using data from the 2005–18 US Census Bureau American Community Survey."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (27 Feb. 2020)