@misc{10481/96424,
year = {2024},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/96424},
abstract = {Background: The European Union receives thousands of irregular migrants
and refugees annually. Irregular migrant women are admitted to Humanitarian
Reception Centers. These migrants face multiple adversities on their migration
journey, and resilience is key to coping with process. The aim of this study was
to describe and understand irregular migrant women’s experience of resilience
when living in humanitarian reception centers.
Methods: Descriptive qualitative study. In-depth interviews and a focus group
were carried out with 21 migrant women from different African countries,
with an average age of 31.8 years. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the
qualitative data using ATLAS.ti computer software.
Results: Three main themes emerged: (1) Irregular migrant women in transit:
extreme vulnerability. (2) Migration support networks. (3) Promoting irregular
migrant women’s resilience.
Conclusion: The harshness of the migration process tests the resilience of
irregular migrant women, who are a vulnerable group at high risk of social
exclusion. Their time in humanitarian reception centers is significant in their
process of developing resilient behaviors. The multidisciplinary resources of
the humanitarian reception center help the irregular migrant women in their
personal development.},
organization = {University of Almería (project number TRFE-SI-2020/003)},
organization = {University of Almeria’s Health Science Research Group (CTS-451)},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
keywords = {irregular migrant women},
keywords = {psychosocial health},
keywords = {qualitative study},
title = {Understanding resilience among migrant women in a humanitarian reception center: a qualitative study},
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2024.1372900},
author = {Jiménez-Lasserrotte, María del Mar and Sánchez Ojeda, María Angustias and Vázquez-González, Gloria and Ruiz-Fernández, María Dolores and Peña-Rodríguez, Azahara and Fernández-Medina, Isabel María and Granero-Molina, Jose},
}