Sylvester Rukani

Research Interests	I have great interest in exploring experiences of care leavers and unaccompanied asylum seeking children are young people aged under 18, and those transitioning from care aged 18 -25 and those separated from their legal guardians, who are seeking asylum in the UK after displacement. Care lavers and Asylum seeking young people aged 18-25 also continue to be a vulnerable group in society. For example, as of September 2022, the UK received more than 5000 asylum applications for unaccompanied children. Most came from Sudan, Albania, Eritrea, Afghanistan, and Syria, but demographics fluctuate depending on migration politics and global dynamics. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children are rendered vulnerable by their unaccompanied status and the traumatic experiences of a forced migratory journey, with health consequences such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, infections, and nutritional deficiencies. This is an area that requires more research in understanding challenges faced by care leavers and those who sought asylum in the United Kingdom. Care of these young people falls between the cracks of migration management and child protection. Preventing this requires multidisciplinary collaboration. and a lot of research in this area.

Research Interests

I have great interest in exploring experiences of care leavers and unaccompanied asylum seeking children are young people aged under 18, and those transitioning from care aged 18 -25 and those separated from their legal guardians, who are seeking asylum in the UK after displacement. Care lavers and Asylum seeking young people aged 18-25 also continue to be a vulnerable group in society. For example, as of September 2022, the UK received more than 5000 asylum applications for unaccompanied children. Most came from Sudan, Albania, Eritrea, Afghanistan, and Syria, but demographics fluctuate depending on migration politics and global dynamics. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children are rendered vulnerable by their unaccompanied status and the traumatic experiences of a forced migratory journey, with health consequences such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, infections, and nutritional deficiencies.

This is an area that requires more research in understanding challenges faced by care leavers and those who sought asylum in the United Kingdom. Care of these young people falls between the cracks of migration management and child protection. Preventing this requires multidisciplinary collaboration. and a lot of research in this area.