“‘We need to talk about Bona’: An Autoethnographic Account of Fostering an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker,” from the International Journal of Social Pedagogy, offers an account of the authors’ experiences as foster carers for an unaccompanied asylum seeker (and through him, supporting other asylum-seeking boys). The authors discuss the need to provide care that offers cultural safety; the centrality within this of recognizing and seeking to understand religious beliefs and practices; the experiences of young people growing up in conditions of liminality, negotiating two very different cultures; the inadequacy of current social work responses; the importance of everyday care and relationships and the need for a curious and reflexive orientation from caregivers.
