Special issue young people’s caring practices in transnational families in Sweden and the UK: care ethics and wellbeing

Suter, B., Evans, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5270, Mas Giralt, R. and Mozetič, K. (2025) Special issue young people’s caring practices in transnational families in Sweden and the UK: care ethics and wellbeing. Population, Space and Place, 31 (2). e70002. ISSN 1544-8452 doi: 10.1002/psp.70002

Abstract/Summary

Children are often regarded as ‘dependents’ within migration studies, rendering their care work invisible. Drawing on the ethics of care, this paper analyses young people’s active roles in caring for family members in Sweden and the UK and for transnational kin, based on qualitative and participatory research with young people (aged 6-25). Many young people provided emotional support, language brokering and practical assistance to navigate care, welfare and immigration systems. Some young people engaged in higher levels of caregiving, often linked to inadequate formal care resources and the absence of a parent or extended kin who would usually be expected to provide care. Caregiving was often accompanied by gendered and inter- and intra-generational conflicts, which could impact on young people’s wellbeing and competence to provide ‘good care’. More awareness is needed of young people’s crucial roles in filling the gaps in care, welfare and migration regimes in transnational spaces.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/120402
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/psp.70002
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Human Environments Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Uncontrolled Keywords	Young caregiving Transnational families Migrant children and youth Ethics of care Proximate and distant care Wellbeing
Publisher	Wiley
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