The Migration Stories and Pre-returning Experiences of Ethiopian Unaccompanied and Separated Migrant Children (USMC) from Yemen
| dc.contributor.advisor | Berhanu, Zena (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Molla, Bekele | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-19T05:41:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T12:03:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-19T05:41:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T12:03:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study was to explore understandings about the migration stories and the prereturning experiences of Ethiopian USMC returned from Yemen. The study was conducted using constructivist researcher’s paradigm of qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry with a cross-sectional exploratory study design. The data was collected through in-depth interview, FGD and observation from purposefully selected twelve participant returnee USMC, with the registered age of sixteen and seventeen. Addis Ababa Voluntary Assisted Returnee Transit Center was the study site where the data was collected. Thematic analysis that consists phases of familiarizing to the data, generating initial codes, searching for themes, reviewing the themes, defining and naming the themes, and producing the final report was used to analyze the data. The study indicated that the experiences and living situations of USMC before migration was diversified in the form of family’s living condition, school dropout, previous migration, and marriage tracked divorce. The interconnected primary reasons such as migration as emerging fashion; family situation; absence guarantee for future; and desire for change were the major rationale for international migration of USMC. The experiences of USMC in the process of migration include strained foot journey, starvation, and physical as well as emotional problems. Dreadful experiences such as detention; bomb attack; physical abuses; emotional problems; imprisonment; starvation; health problems; military recruitment; loss of basic rights; sexual abuse; and dispute with the Yemenis were part of USMC’s life in Yemen. The study uniquely implied for comprehensive social work services; participatory policy implementation and evaluation; further research gaps (magnitude in the nation wide, experiences of minors returned from other countries, the role of social workers in the transit center etc.); and primary level of educations about migration | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1431 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children; Unaccompanied; Separated; Migration stories; Pre-returning experiences; Ethiopian; Yemen | en_US |
| dc.title | The Migration Stories and Pre-returning Experiences of Ethiopian Unaccompanied and Separated Migrant Children (USMC) from Yemen | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |