This page contains news articles and journals that are relevant to the Faith Action for Children on the Move Forum. For more information on the Forum see here. Below you will find links to these pages as:
a) they are behind a pay wall and not openly accessible for re-publication
b) they are web pages, rather than documents
Theme 1. Continuum of Protection for Children on the Move
- Migrant Preschool Children’s School Readiness and Early Elementary School Performance. Authors: Tanya Tavassolie et al. The Journal of Educational Research 111, no. 3 (May 4, 2018): Pages 331–44.
Theme 2. Spiritual Support and Resilience
- Children’s Spiritual Development in Forced Displacement: A Human Rights Perspective. Authors: Bethany Ojalehto and Qi Wang. International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 13, no. 2 (May 2008): 129.
- Disaster Spiritual and Emotional Care in Professional Psychology: A Christian Integrative Approach. Author: Jamie D. Aten. Journal of Psychology and Theology 40, no. 2 (2012): 131–35
- Emerging Transnational Sensibility among Migrant Teenagers. Author: Kaarina Nikunen. n.d., 20
Theme 3. Building Peaceful Societies and combating xenophobia
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Muslim Asylum-Seekers and Refugees: Negotiating Identity, Politics and Religion in the UK. Authors: Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 23, Issue 3, 1 September 2010, Pages 294–314,
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God Bless Our Children? The Role of Generation, Discrimination and Religious Context for Migrants in Europe. Authors: Koen Van der Bracht, Bart Van de Putte, Pieter‐Paul Verhaeghe Published: International Migration- 15 April 2013
- Local Religious Organisations Performing Development: Refugees in the Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg. Author: Barbara Bompani. Published: Journal of International Development- 13 February 2013
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Chapter 7- Touching and contamination: What the xenophobes want to avoid. Reflections from a Congolese borderland in South Africa.
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Relevant News Articles and Events
- Alice Su, “Why Germany’s New Muslims Go to Mosque Less,” The Atlantic, July 26, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/07/muslim-syrian-refugees-germany/534138
- Austin Ramzy, “270,000 Rohingya Have Fled Myanmar, U.N. Says,” The New York Times, December 22, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/world/asia/myanmar-rohingya-refugees-270000.html;
- Martin Chulov, “Iraq’s Largest Christian Town Abandoned as Isis Advance Continues,” The Guardian, August 7, 2014, sec. World news, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/isis-offensive-iraq-christian-exodus
- “Merkel’s Conservatives Hit 12-Year Low in German Poll,” Reuters, July 29, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-poll/merkels-conservatives-hit-12-year-low-in-german-poll-idUSKBN1KJ0BV
- Richard Hall, “Americans in Lebanon say they’re on a mission from God to teach Syrian refugee kids,” PRI. Sept 2016 https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-28/americans-lebanon-say-they-are-mission-god-save-refugees
- Sasha Ingber, “Faith Leaders Oppose Trump’s Immigration Policy Of Separating Children From Parents,” NPR.Org, June 16, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/620651574/faith-leaders-oppose-trumps-immigration-policy-of-separating-children-from-paren
- Simona Carla Silvia Caravita, “Migrant and Refugee Children Are Victims of More Bullying than Their Peers,” The Conversation, accessed July 30, 2018, http://theconversation.com/migrant-and-refugee-children-are-victims-of-more-bullying-than-their-peers-66722
- UNOCHA https://www.unocha.org/rohingya-refugee-crisis
- UNHCR Cyprus, “Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders of Cyprus Stand Together #WithRefugees,” UNHCR (blog), June 19, 2018, http://www.unhcr.org/cy/2018/06/19/christian-muslim-religious-leaders-cyprus-stand-together-withrefugees
- Holy See events
- International Catholic Migration Commission events
- Interfaith Immigration coalition statement
- Global Campaign to End Child Immigration Detention