Nincheri, Fiammetta
“I’m undocumented, so I don’t exist”. The impossible filiation and affiliations of young foreign nationals “excluded” from child protection
- 2019.
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For many years now, young foreign nationals whose status as minors is disputed by the legal system have found themselves outside the systems of child protection. Deprived of shelter and educational support, in Lyon they often end up at the resf Youth Collective. What psychological support can we offer these youths? A group activity with theater-based mediation and a clinical case study illustrate a “thinking outside the box” practice for cross-cultural care that allows these adolescents to remove themselves from their immediate situation so as to be able to develop themselves.