Essays about: "vulnerable migrants"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words vulnerable migrants.

  1. 21. Migration from Central America and the Caribbean: The Impact of Social Indicators on Labor Market Performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lena Reibstein; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; integration; Central America; Caribbean; labor market participation; social capital; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the last 50 years, immigration from Central America and the Caribbean to the United States of America has been increasing. Because these immigrants often find themselves in vulnerable positions, their successful integration into society should be of public interest. READ MORE

  2. 22. ‘Children on the move are children first’ : A Critical Analysis of Position Papers on Children on the Move from the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Rhiannon Maddocks; Ronja Ulvfot; [2018]
    Keywords : Children on the Move; European Network of Ombudspersons for Children; Discourse analysis; Children’s rights; Migration;

    Abstract : With children on the move at the forefront of policy-making and research in Europe in recent years, it has been argued that children’s rights are increasingly encroached upon through tighter immigration controls and inconsistent policy interventions. The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) is an institution that aims to address children’s rights violations at a regional level throughout Europe, meaning that it should in its promotion of core children’s rights ensure a balance is reached between provision, participation and protection in addressing policy problems relating to children on the move. READ MORE

  3. 23. The bright hopes and desoluted dream of Ethiopian women : A study of circular migration to middle east and the gulf states

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Dusit Abdi Ali; [2018]
    Keywords : women labor migration; Circular migration;

    Abstract : Migration and re-migration of economically and socially marginalized Ethiopian women and girls has become a phenomenon. Based on interviews with 12 Ethiopian migrant women returned from the Middle East and the Gulf States, the primary aim of this thesis is to describe and study Ethiopian women migrants’ circular migration to the Middle East. READ MORE

  4. 24. Transnationalism, an idea of human rights approach to violence against vulnerable groups (case study LGBT communities in Uganda)

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Peter Obenga; [2018]
    Keywords : Transnational networks; LGBTI communtities; social networks; human rights activism;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the development of transnational human rights activists’ networks and how they operate and influence LGBTI human rights activist networks in Uganda against violence on the Ugandan LGBTI communities. The case study, employs semi structured interviews to investigate, how transnational networks are used as a mobilization too in promoting LGBTI human rights in Uganda. READ MORE

  5. 25. The Gendered Implications of Securitized Migration : A qualitative look at how the securitization of migration affects women's experiences of seeking asylum in one of the world's most gender equal countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Iris Luthman; [2017]
    Keywords : gender; asylum-seekers; securitization of migration; Sweden;

    Abstract : The interrelation between gender and the asylum-seeking process has received increasing attention within academic as well as political discussions in the past decade. Looking specifically at the case of Sweden, this paper hopes to add to existing knowledge through the consideration of how tensions and contradictions regarding migrants and asylum-seekers affect women’s experiences of the asylum-seeking process. READ MORE