• Introduction and rationale: An overview of refugee education Europe 

      Gunntorsdottir, Hermina; Douglas, Marcela; Saus, Merete; Paulgaard, Gry (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      According to the UNHCR’s report Global Trends - Forced Displacement in 2018 (UNHCR, 2019) on changes in UNHCR’s population of concern related to ongoing crises, the number of refugees under UNHCR’s care is almost double that of 2012, with two thirds coming from just 5 countries. Furthermore it is stated that the total global refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate is now at the highest level ever ...
    • Invisible Differentness in Sámi Child Protection Services 

      Douglas, Marcela; Saus, Merete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-21)
      The paper explores what lies behind the development of Sámi child protection services in practice. The study is an empirical investigation of how policymakers and child welfare leaders reflect on the challenges and opportunities in this field. All the twelve participants in the study worked in northernmost counties of Norway that are part of the Sámi-language administrative district. Although Norwegian ...
    • NAVs brukermøter med flyktninger og unge voksne 

      Douglas, Marcela; Kane, Aina Aune (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2021)
      Flyktninger og unge voksne er to ulike og sammensatte grupper, som til tross for ulikheter innad og på tvers har fellestrekk i sin livssituasjon. Et hovedfunn i dette arbeidet er at flyktninger og unge voksne til tross for ulikheter har noen av de samme utfordringene knyttet til utenforskap som gir ekstra utfordringer i møte med arbeidslivet. I dette kapitlet tar vi utgangspunkt i at det å være i ...
    • Parenting interventions for families with refugee backgrounds: a randomized factorial, mixed-methods design study protocol 

      Patras, Joshua; Saus, Merete; Douglas, Marcela; Bjørknes, Ragnhild; Gammelsæther, Siri; Rasmussen, Lene-Mari Potulski; Halvorsen, Therese; Haug, Ida Mari; Risholm, Ragnhild; Øktedalen, Tuva; Jakobsen, Reidar; Neumer, Simon-Peter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-11)
      Background: Raising children in new social and cultural contexts can be challenging for parents. In order to help parents address these challenges, the Norwegian government has instituted a policy of mandatory parent training for families who settle in Norway as refugees. The Incredible Years (IY) and The International Child Development Programme (ICDP) have been widely adopted throughout Norway. ...
    • RE approaches and strategies in Northern Europe 

      Gunntorsdottir, Hermina; Douglas, Marcela; Saus, Merete; Paulgaard, Gry (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      In the UNHCR data base on refugees, Northern Europe consists of eight countries, the Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, and the Baltic countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with a total population of 33,121,044. At the end of year 2017, the total number of refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons in Northern Europe was 788,717 (UNHCR, 2019, table 1).