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‘If we want, they help us in any way’: how ‘unaccompanied refugee minors’ experience mentoring relationships

Eberhard Raithelhuber
- 04 Mar 2021 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 2, pp 251-266
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In this paper, the authors look into one serious gap, based on a case study in Austria, asking: How do these foster carers deal with the growing phenomenon of "mentorship for "unaccompanied refugee minors"?"
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Little is known about the growing phenomenon of ‘mentorship for “unaccompanied refugee minors”’. This article looks into one serious gap, based on a case study in Austria, asking: How do these youn...

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