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17 Res. & Sci. Today 9 (2019)

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               ~SPRIe 2Q19
               -No. I (1 1/2019

..W..RST.J..UR.AL.CO                      .IS-P: 2247-4455/ISSN-E: 2285-9632


                                                         International Relations


  PARENTAL MIGRATION AS NEGLECT: THE NEGATIVE
  IMPACT OF MISSING PARENTS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF
            CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND IN MOLDOVA




                                                           Snejana SULIMA'





ABSTRACT:
IN THIS PAPER, WE CONCEPTUALIZE THE PHENOMENON OF CHILD NEGLECT IN A PARTICULAR
CONTEXT OF PARENTAL MIGRATION AND EXAMINE WHAT ARE THE LINKS BETWEEN PARENTAL
ABSENCE AND THE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THEIR CHILDREN. OUR ANALYSIS IS BASED MAINLY
ON OUR EMPIRICAL RESEARCH WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF MOLDOVAN ADOLESCENTS IN
CONFLICT WITH THE LAW WHOSE PARENTS WERE OR HAD BEEN IN MIGRATION.
WE FOUND THAT IN THE APPRAISAL OF THE CAUSALITY OF THE MINORS' DELINQUENCY, IT IS
CLEAR THAT THE FREQUENCY AND THE QUALITY OF MAINTAINED RELATIONS WITH MIGRANT
PARENT(S) AND WITH THE CAREGIVER AT HOME ARE OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE.

KEY WORDS: PARENTAL MIGRATION, CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND, CHILD NEGLECT, JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA






     INTRODUCTION
     Over the last few years, the high figures of emigration from Moldova attracted the
attention of international organizations, of civil society as well as of the domestic authorities
on the situation of the children left behind. According to UNICEF2, one in five Moldovan
children has one or both biological parents working abroad. While many migrants stay in
contact with their family members, in some cases children may lose the care, the emotional
support, and the guidance of one or both parents.

     The issue
     While some authors highlight the positive impact of remittances sent to children in
Moldova by their parents working abroad3, others emphasize the negative impact of parental


'PhD, Associated Researcher at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, snejana.sulima@unige.ch
2UNICEF Moldova, ,,Children of Moldova, (2014), accessed Mars 2, 2016,
https://www.unicef.org/moldova/children.html.
3Franziska Gassmann et al. ,,The impact of migration on children left behind in Moldova, UNU-MERIT Working
Paper Series 43 (2013); Matthias Luecke and Tobias St6hr, The Effects of Migration in Moldova and Georgia on
Children and Elderly Left Behind: Country Report: Moldova (EuropeAid Project: DCI-MIGR/210/229-604,
2013);

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