Double-edged risk: unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs) in Sweden and their search for safety

Abstract Many unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs) arrived in Sweden with the mass exodus of refugees who fled to the EU in 2015. UMRs are individuals who are under 18 years of age, outside their country of origin and separated from legal care-givers (Separated Children in Europe Programme 2004). In...

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