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Migration and Child Well-Being

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This chapter gives an overview about the well-being of immigrant children in Western countries. It refers to research results concerning the social background, the physical and mental health of the immigrant children, and their health-care utilization patterns. It also takes a look at how the migration experience affects the family relationships and the well-being of the children. Language fluency and early education patterns are further indicators that are considered. Moreover, the school performance of immigrant children is examined, and explanations are provided for possible variations between the different groups and different countries. Poverty, as a key indicator of child well-being, is also included in this overview, as well as children who migrate alone, the so-called unaccompanied minors. Overall, regarding some indicators, the results are mixed, and no generalizations are possible, while in terms of some other indicators, much more stable patterns are found. On the one hand, it is barely possible to state that immigrant children do generally worse in terms of mental or physical health. On the other hand, immigrant children have lower educational attainments in almost every considered country. Several reasons have been found for this stable pattern: one of them is the educational and social background of the children’s parents, and another one refers to institutional arrangements within as well as outside the educational systems. A quite stable pattern has also been found regarding the poverty indicators; as in most countries, immigrant children have higher risks to live in poverty than native children. As will be shown, national antipoverty programs can play a crucial role to reduce these risks. Regarding the legal treatment of unaccompanied minors, significant differences have been found between the USA and the EU, as in the latter the laws are developed and applied following the principle of the best interest of the child, while in the USA, unaccompanied minors are treated rather as unauthorized immigrants, although some improvements have taken place in the last years.

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