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Diaspora - The movement, migration, or
scattering of persons away from an established or ancestral homeland
Youth-Led Diaspora Research & Voices - Class,
Caste, Drugs, & Gangs - GIRLS
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Report:
This research is part of the ‘Promoting Positive Diaspora Voices’ project – a three-year project (2011–2014) funded by the European Union. The project aims to support diaspora communities to raise public awareness within UK-based diaspora and wider communities of the structural causes of poverty and conflict in their countries of heritage. It seeks to build public support for peacebuilding and development processes within these regions.
Conclusions,
Causes, & Solutions
As
a group, we have thought a lot about what the root causes of drug use and gang
involvement among diaspora young people might be. Overall, we believe that a
significant factor is whether or not people get family support. People may also
be stressed (for example, worried about their immigration status) or poor and
might turn to drugs as an escape. Generally, we feel that peer pressure and boredom
(not having something to do) could make a difference.
We
believe that there are a number of things that could help to tackle drug use,
including:
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