Minori stranieri non accompagnati: comprendere una realtà complessa e contradditoria in una prospettiva etnoclinica
Rita Finco - finco.rita@tiscali.it, Marion Jacoub - jacoubmarion@gmail.com
For 25 years, France and Italy have faced a particular kind of immigration, which in legal terms is called unaccompanied minors (MSNA): minor children who have left their country of origin without their parents and are thus left without the presence of any other legal guardian. This phenomenon has become even more intensified in recent years, leading the different European countries into a situation out of control, since the institutional realities who are entrusted to take care of this population does not have enough of tools or coherent national policies to deal with it. The contradictions are such that the professionals, who work with minors and in the mental health sector, are left in a position of continuous loss that prevents them to think of themselves as the protagonists of reception, accompaniment and care. In this article we would like to offer the reader a brief reflection on the subject in the light of a clinical case, since the issue in itself has already been explored in the scientific debate in the form of collected papers.