The Migration Stories And Pre-returning Experiences Of Ethiopian Unaccompanied And Separated Migrant Children (usmc) From Yemen

The aim of the study was to explore understandings about the migration stories and the prereturningrnexperiences of Ethiopian USMC returned from Yemen. The study was conducted usingrnconstructivist researcher’s paradigm of qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry with arncross-sectional exploratory study design. The data was collected through in-depth interview, FGDrnand observation from purposefully selected twelve participant returnee USMC, with the registeredrnage of sixteen and seventeen. Addis Ababa Voluntary Assisted Returnee Transit Center was thernstudy site where the data was collected. Thematic analysis that consists phases of familiarizing tornthe data, generating initial codes, searching for themes, reviewing the themes, defining and namingrnthe themes, and producing the final report was used to analyze the data. The study indicated thatrnthe experiences and living situations of USMC before migration was diversified in the form ofrnfamily’s living condition, school dropout, previous migration, and marriage tracked divorce. Therninterconnected primary reasons such as migration as emerging fashion; family situation; absencernguarantee for future; and desire for change were the major rationale for international migration ofrnUSMC. The experiences of USMC in the process of migration include strained foot journey,rnstarvation, and physical as well as emotional problems. Dreadful experiences such as detention;rnbomb attack; physical abuses; emotional problems; imprisonment; starvation; health problems;rnmilitary recruitment; loss of basic rights; sexual abuse; and dispute with the Yemenis were part ofrnUSMC’s life in Yemen. The study uniquely implied for comprehensive social work services;rnparticipatory policy implementation and evaluation; further research gaps (magnitude in the nationrnwide, experiences of minors returned from other countries, the role of social workers in the transitrncenter etc.); and primary level of educations about migration

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