Through an exam of interviews supplied via a hundred little ones of refugees in Cyprus, born after their family's displacement, Hadjiyanni illustrates the formation of a refugee realization, an id followed by means of many young children who by no means skilled the particular displacement in their kin. targeting the method in which a toddler born right into a refugee family members develops a refugee id, the ebook identifies 9 dimensions that tell this realization. setting up the kin because the basic transmitter of the refugee identification and the kid as its undefined, the writer issues to the facility of homeplace in forming and helping such an id. The ebook demanding situations the idea that refugee awareness is a separate identification and a problem by way of reinterpreting it as a resistance to adversity. laying off new gentle on what it capability to be a refugee, this paintings is a great addition to the field.

Beginning with a dialogue of the which means of the time period refugee, and the way it's been followed by means of the kids of a few refugees in Cyprus, the writer strikes to an exam of the which means of earlier and current to the formation of a refugee attention. She then appears to be like to the factors of such identification formation, concentrating on the transference of identification from mother or father to baby, and the consequences of prior loss on childrens who've now not really skilled displacement. Housing concerns also are tested as a contributing issue, as refugee housing is sometimes distinctive, and restricted, in comparison to housing for local voters of a group. the writer concludes her paintings with a dialogue of the consequences of the Cyprus instance for either the long run and for basic refugee studies.