Children and Migration: At the Crossroads of Resiliency and Vulnerability

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PART I: INTRODUCTION Migrant Children at the Crossroads M.O.Ensor & E.M.Go?dziak PART II: UNDERSTANDING MIGRANT CHILDREN: RESEARCH, VOICE AND REPRESENTATION Understanding Migrant Children: Conceptualizations, Approaches and Issues M.O.Ensor Child Migration in Haiti: Domestic Labor and the Politics of Representation D.M.Hoffman At the Crossroads of Childhood, Media and Migration L.de Block & D.Buckingham PART III: REVIEWING POLICIES: TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN The Production of Criminal Migrant Children: Surveillance, Detention, and Deportation in France S.Terrio Protecting the Rights of Internally Displaced Children E.Ferris Without Face or Future: Stateless Infants, Children, and Youth M.Lynch PART IV: RETHINKING PRACTICES: CREATING SPACES FOR AGENCY Unaccompanied Minors at the Crossroads in British Columbia: Migration and Trafficking R.E.Pike In the Best Interest of the Child: Perceptions, Responses and Challenges in Providing Assistance to Trafficked Children in the United States E.M.Go?dziak Social Mobility in Children's Mobility? An Investigation into Child Circulation among the Maasai of Kenya C.Archambault PART V: SEARCHING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES: WORKING AND LEARNING IN A NEW LAND Migrating with Honor: Sites of Agency and Power in Child's Labor Migration in Bangladesh K.Heissler Transnational Students' Perspectives on Schooling in the US and Mexico: The Salience of School Experience and Country of Birth T.Hamann, V.Zuniga & J.Sanchez Garcia Children of Migrant Heritage and Equality of Opportunity in France Migrants in France L.J.Limage PART VI: CONCLUSIONS The Way Forward: Conclusions and Recommendations E.M.Go?dziak & M.O.Ensor