Unbegleitete Minderjährige Flüchtlinge (UMF) in der Sozialen Landwirtschaft

Summary

How can Social Farming support unaccompanied minor refugees? Expert interviews with stakeholders from agricultural and refugee relief backgrounds have been carried out to elaborate conceptual baselines. The study shows that Social Farming has a high potential to support unaccompanied minor refugees. Existing concepts of farms integrating young people have to be adapted to fit the demands of young refugees. Models of qualification and traineeship have to be implemented as well as therapeutic work. Also the personal resilience of adolescents with foreign cultural backgrounds
and their experience of war and violence have to be taken into account. Farmers need skills like intercultural and pedagogical competences as well as support by legal
guardians and social workers.