The refugee ‘family’: Child fostering and mobility among Sierra Leonean refugees.
While in camps, refugees are considered to be in social limbo, with life projects on hold. Humanitarian actors of the global aid regime further this static model of refugee life by employing a co-resident, kin-based definition of family when distributing aid. The identification system fails to recognize the spatial fluidity of families or the reciprocal … Continue reading The refugee ‘family’: Child fostering and mobility among Sierra Leonean refugees.