Child Migration and Human Rights In a Global Age (ebook)

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"Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age is a deeply thought-provoking work filled with both anecdotes and evidence that should spark reflection and debate from academics and government officials alike. For historians, particularly historians of international relations, it also presents a range of understudied subjects that are both worthy of deeper historical reflection and policy relevant."--Meredith Oyen, H-Net Reviews

"This wonderful book is the most significant study I know of that explores the implications for children’s lives both of different forms of migration and of the ways in which these migrations are framed and responded to by state authorities."--Catherine Allerton, International Affairs

"This is an important book on a much neglected subject. Not only is the massive problem of involuntary child migration in our chaotic world greatly underappreciated, but also the gigantic policy challenges involved are often wrongly perceived and widely misunderstood. We have reason to be grateful to Jacqueline Bhabha for bringing this powerfully informed, clear-headed analysis to a global problem of extreme urgency."--Amartya Sen, coauthor of An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions

"Courageous, remarkably erudite, and deeply moving, this important book is the work of a thinker and activist at the height of her powers. Read it for rich historical perspective, wise legal analysis, and practical policy recommendations that address the vulnerabilities of children in the international landscape today."--Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship

"Bhabha challenges the wisdom of current approaches to the protection of children in the context of migration. This book is a major contribution to the field. Never before has so much rich material been pulled together in a single, easily readable, and enticing volume that has the rights of children at its core."--Susan L. Bissell, chief of child protection, UNICEF

"The book is crammed with cases of child migrants who endured suffering and oppression both before and after their migration journey and, through this, the author opens the readers’ eyes to new ways of looking at the global problem of child migration. This is a necessary read for anyone working in migration or child issues."--Julia Muraszkiewicz, International Journal of Refugee Law

"Jacqueline Bhabha provide[s] a welcome analysis of the international migration regime and its profound failings. . . . The [book] will find eager audiences in undergraduate and graduate courses in human rights, and will be required references for human rights scholars working on migration and the broader issues of international human rights regimes, institutions, and challenges of human rights policy change."--Jelena Subotic, Perspectives on Politics

"Spanning multiple continents, [Bhabha’s] superb book is a comprehensive examination of child migration across the globe and the accompanying human rights implications."--Daniel Gonzalez, Harvard Review of Latin America

"Richly researched and passionately argued. . . . [This book] will find eager audiences in undergraduate and graduate courses in human rights, and will be required references for human rights scholars working on migration and the broader issues of international human rights regimes, institutions, and challenges of human rights policy change."--Jelena Subotic, Perspectives on Politics

"[T]imely. . . . Bhabha goes beyond what might appear to be a specifically American crisis to situate the issue within global migration trends. . . . We have to hope that her call for a faster rate of progress will be taken up by those who are in a position to hasten it."--Don Flynn, Director of the Migrants' Rights Network0Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PART I The Right to Respect for Family Life? Moving Children for Family 17
Chapter 1 Looking for Home: The Elusive Right to Family Life 19
Chapter 2 Staying Home: The Elusive Benefits of Child Citizenship 60
Chapter 3 Family Ambivalence: The Contested Terrain of Intercountry Adoption 96
PART II Youthful Commodities: Moving Children for Exploitation 135
Chapter 4 Targeting the Right Issue: Trafficked Children and the Human Rights Imperative 137
Chapter 5 Under the Gun: Moving Children for War 175
PART III Demanding a Future: Child Migration for Survival 201
Chapter 6 David and Goliath: Children?s Unequal Battle for Refugee Protection 203
Chapter 7 Demanding Rights and a Future: Adolescents on the Move for a Better Life 238
Notes 283
Index 349