Povertà e conflitti: l’esodo dei minori afghani non accompagnati

Poverty and conflicts: the exodus of afghan unaccompanied minors · Framed in the field of human sciences research, this article aims to explore an international issue, which is also investing Europe, that has not been sufficiently addressed in-depth by the interpretive paradigm of italian sociology; that of lonely children fleeing poor war zones. In particular, the analysis focuses on the exodus of unaccompanied afghan minors, highlighting the identity and religious profile; the mechanisms of political and religious conflict in Afghanistan that produce differentiated migration chains and routes; the centrality of Iran, the country of birth or first exodus of a part of the interviewees and departure terminal of hazara minors to Europe; and the policies of reception and refusal of child refugees implemented by the major European countries of arrival, including Italy