This dissertation explores the experiences and perspectives of unaccompanied migrant
children in Johannesburg South Africa. The children are between the ages of thirteen to
nineteen and are all from Zimbabwe. The research focuses on how the young immigrants
undertook their journey managing to find ways around the spaces and people they met along
the way. The research demonstrates how the vulnerability which research participants feel
was not constant. It oscillated depending primarily on spaces and social relationships which
children encountered. Through ethnography and the life history approach, the daily
experiences of the young people are looked at to provide an understanding of the way they
dealt and are still dealing with their vulnerability. The intention being to show that
vulnerability is always shifting and being shifted by young people.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/13419 |
| Date | 09 January 2014 |
| Creators | Nyuke, Simbarashe |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
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