Where to? A critical reading of European soft law on young refugees’ transitions in the Fortress Europe
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Youth refugees, transition to adulthood, youth work, youth studies, Jóvenes refugiados, transición a la edad adulta, trabajo en el ámbito de la juventudAbstract
This article critically examines the Council of Europe’s Recommendation on Supporting Young Refugees in Transition to Adulthood of 2019 against the background of the transition perspective – without disregarding the generation and cultural approaches –, elaborated within the multidisciplinary field of the Youth Studies. Inter alia, age, precariousness of the legal status, gender, and race belong to the identity grounds intertwining in ways that hinder the rights, well-being, and autonomous life of young refugees in transition to adulthood in national contexts characterized by strict binding legislations and the spread of anti-refugee resentment. While acknowledging the relevance of the Recommendation, which represents the only European legal text targeting this youth group, this contribution suggests taking an integrated approach to young refugees’ transition in order to hopefully strengthen its beneficial effects for them.
Este artículo examina de forma crítica la Recomendación de 2019 del Consejo de Europa sobre el apoyo a los jóvenes refugiados en la transición a la edad adulta con el trasfondo de la perspectiva de la transición –sin dejar de lado los enfoques generacional y cultural–, elaborada dentro del campo multidisciplinar de los Estudios de la Juventud. Entre otras cosas, la edad, la precariedad del estatus legal, el género y la raza forman parte de los fundamentos identitarios que se entrecruzan de manera tal que dificultan los derechos, el bienestar y la vida autónoma de los jóvenes refugiados en transición a la edad adulta, en contextos nacionales caracterizados por legislaciones vinculantes estrictas y por la propagación del resentimiento contra los refugiados. Sin dejar de reconocer la relevancia de la Recomendación, que representa el único texto jurídico europeo dirigido a este grupo de jóvenes, este artículo sugiere adoptar un enfoque integrado de la transición de los jóvenes refugiados para, esperamos, reforzar los efectos beneficiosos para ellos.
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