C 2025

The Experiences and Well-being of Child Refugees from the Yugoslavian War in Exile in Czechoslovakia

MACKOVÁ, Lucie a Andrea PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Experiences and Well-being of Child Refugees from the Yugoslavian War in Exile in Czechoslovakia

Autoři

MACKOVÁ, Lucie a Andrea PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ

Vydání

Migrant Children and Youth: Wellbeing and Integration Around the World, od s. 39-53, 15 s. Sociological studies of children and youth, 2025

Nakladatel

Emerald Publishing Limited

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

elektronická verze "online"

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě

ISBN

978-1-83549-604-6

DOI

Klíčová slova anglicky

Child refugees; exile; well-being; Yugoslavia; Czechoslovakia
Změněno: 27. 11. 2025 20:04, Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This study examines the experiences of child refugees who fled the former Yugoslavia and temporarily stayed in Czechoslovakia during the early 1990s. Adults who were once these child refugees share their exile experience and how this shaped their later life paths. In 2023 and 2024, we conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with 19 former child refugees to understand their perspectives. All participants had spent several months in the former Czechoslovakia during the Yugoslav wars, and they were between 7 and 17 years old at that time. While attempting to discuss the effect of exile on child refugees’ well-being, we delve into three different phases: remembering home before leaving, positive and negative experiences while being in exile, and responding to return. We found that all of these experiences differed based on children’s age. However, other children and teachers were an important resource that helped them build their resilience and deal with the uncertain months in exile and after that.