Family values, adolescents, and migration

Project summary

The project generates from my PhD about family values of young people in Limpopo, South Africa, where the institution of the family is commonly described as being in a state of crisis. Young people’s family values are key in learning about how to break the negative trends in the institution of the family in the country (Holborn & Eddy, 2011).
 
The institution of the family is also in a state of crisis in view of the current situation of migration in Europe. Broken families, where members of the family escape from war zones, end up in separate countries, and young people try to negotiate their new life on their own, represent a huge challenge on all levels of society. This project aims to further develop an intercultural perspective on family concepts, paying specifically attention to the young generation. Majority of refugees arriving Europe are young. Youth are in a vulnerable phase of life in regards to identity development, and key in developing fruitful integration systems. Implications of marginalisation may be crminalisation and radicalisation.

Thus, this paper aims to develop a systematic review on unaccompanied minor refugee programmes initiated in Scandinavia the past few years.