Refugee Children in the UK (Education in an Urbanised Society Series) – Jill Rutter

Refugee Children in the UK (Education in an Urbanised Society Series)

Author: Jill Rutter

Publisher: Open University Press

Print Length: 248 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Social Science, Migration & Refugee Studies

Area: The United Kingdom (UK)

Topic: Asylum & Asylum Seekers, Refugees & Forced Migration, Asylum & Refugee System, Policy & Practice, Children & Childhood, Culture & Society, Education, Inclusive Education, Inclusivity, Integration, Social Cohesion, Social Impact

Asylum migration causes intense media and political debate. However, little attention has been paid to how forced migrants can rebuild their lives in the UK or elsewhere. This timely book analyzes the social policies that impact on refugee children’s education, and:

  • Provides the background to the migration of refugees
  • Explores how dominant discourses about trauma homogenise and label a very diverse group of children
  • Examines how policy towards refugees is made, and how it relates to practice
  • Offers alternative visions for refugee settlement

 

Drawing on case studies of the experiences of refugee children, Refugee Children in the UK brings a much-needed insight into the needs of refugee children. It is valuable reading for academics, policy makers, students of education, sociology and social policy as well as education, health and social work professionals.

Series preface

Editor’s preface

Acknowledgements

Glossary

PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE

1. An Introduction

2. Who are refugee children?

3. Theoretical and research perspectives on refugee children

PART TWO: UK RESPONSES TO REFUGEE CHILDREN

4. Learning from history: responses to refugees 1900-89

5. Modern asylum policy and its impact on children

6. How UK children view the refugee in their midst

7. National educational policy and the role of local authorities

8. School practices

PART THREE: COMMUNITY CASE STUDIES

9. The elusiveness of integration: the educational experiences of Congolese refugee children

10. The Somalis: cultures of survival

11. Success stories: the southern Sudanese

PART FOUR: NEW VISIONS FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN

12. New visions for refugee children

Bibliography

Index

Jill Rutter is the Director of Strategy at the immigration and integration think-tank, British Future. As a founder trustee of the Migration Museum, she was its vice-chair until 2018. She has over 25 years’ experience of working on immigration policy, particularly on community relations and integration. As well as working overseas, Jill has worked at the Refugee Council as its education adviser and in the migration team at the Institute for Public Policy Research where she managed the scoping research that led to the founding of the Migration Museum. Jill’s publications include Refugee Children in the UK (Open University Press, 2006) and Moving up and getting on (Policy Press, 2015). In 2018, Jill co-authored the final report of the National Conversation on Immigration, the largest ever study of public attitudes to this issue. Jill is also a trustee of Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network and writes about and makes ceramics.

Source: https://www.migrationmuseum.org/distinguished-friends/jill-rutter/

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