Early Childhood Studies

Question: How does being a refugee child affect then in a foreign country ? Answer: The refugee camps serve as a means of shelter to the societies struck in poverty. The children are affected in numerous ways when they take shelter in the refugee camps. The main problems faced by the children are abuse and inequality. Most of the Syrian refugees move to the European zone, particularly the United Kingdom. Once a child attains the age of six months, it becomes very difficult for them to adapt to new surroundings. It is because a child often faces violence, stress and trauma when he or she does not find an ethnic group in the host country. The United Kingdom has adapted various measures to provide shelter and basic amenities to the children refugees (Dudley et al. 2012). The country usually accepts child refugees from Syria and other zones of conflict. However, it depends on the child psychology to adapt to the conditions of the host country. No other country in Europe than Britain has taken the responsibility to take full-fledged responsibilities of the Syrian refugee s. A child can adapt to the changing environment if he or she can adjust in the new country along with the cultural roots. If there are large numbers of ethnic groups in the host country, a child feels quite comfortable to articulate their issues or problems in the host country. The families in the United Kingdom represent an essential way to help the refugees, particularly children to adapt to their new environment or new home (Hek, Hughes and Ozman 2012). References Dudley, M., Steel, Z., Mares, S. and Newman, L., 2012. Children and young people in immigration detention.Current opinion in psychiatry,25(4), pp.285-292. Hek, R., Hughes, N. and Ozman, R., 2012. Safeguarding the needs of children and young people seeking asylum in the UK: Addressing past failings and meeting future challenges.Child Abuse Review,21(5), pp.335-348.