"From the journeys migrants take to the lives they seek to lead on arrival and beyond, this book provides a comprehensive and comparative look at how undocumented migration plays out, breathing life into the various issues and debates, to offer a critical analysis of a hidden and too often misrepresented population"--

This edited collection situates the migration of children and young people into Europe within a global framework of analysis and provides a holistic perspective that encompasses cultural media, ethnographic research and policy analysis. Drawing on a unique study of young unaccompanied migrants who subsequently became ‘adult’ within the UK and Italy, it examines their different trajectories and how they were impacted by their ability to secure legal status. Divided into three interlinked sections, it begins by examining the cultural repertoires about migration and adulthood to which...