The master's thesis focuses on a pilot project of creative workshops called Birdhouse for Tolerant Ljubljana, which was originally intended to connect children from the Vič Asylum Home with peers from various Ljubljana schools, but has also expanded to the field of research and presentation of the impact of the Asylum Home on asylum seekers’ lives, especially minor applicants (accompanied by parents), who have so far been often overlooked in research terms compared to unaccompanied minor applicants.
In the theoretical part, the basic characteristics of total institutions and the Vič Asylum Home as an example of a total institution are described. In the master's thesis, we aim to present the factors that stimulated the creation of centralized asylum institutions and their effects on the quality of life of applicants for international protection, focusing on the stay and integration into the local community of children and families in asylums in Europe and Slovenia. The pedagogical approach of experiential education and the attempt to introduce it between groups of children from the Asylum Home Vič and their peers from the local community are also presented.
In the empirical part, the views of individuals that significantly shape the temporary stay of children in the asylum home are given. These include a social worker from the Vič Asylum Home, members of non-governmental organizations, that work directly with asylum seeking children, and the management of the Livada Primary School, which is attended by children from the Asylum Home. In addition to the workshops of the pilot project Birdhouse for Tolerant Ljubljana, the views of the project planners and participants on the importance of the project itself and the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the local community are also described.
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