Negotiating Life in Times of Crisis: The Transnational Return Migration of Refugee Adolescents and Young Adults from Germany to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Simon Moses Schleimer Iraqi Kurdistan Crisis Education Transnational migration Return migration In this article, the concept of transnational migration serves as a foundation for analyzing the perspectives of children and adolescents on family movements of migration, their transnational practices, and their sense of belonging. The article discusses, on the basis of a case study, the critical situations children and young people encounter in the context of transnational migration and education. Drawing on Lorenzer’s methodology of hermeneutical cultural analysis, the researcher conducted a set of interviews with refugee children, adolescents, and young adults who have returned with their families from Germany to Iraqi Kurdistan. The article shows that, in light of the conflicts arising for the interviewees in the experience of transnational return, a special emphasis on education can aid their integration into the new society. Philipps-Universität Marburg Marburg Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg 2018 2018-11-13 2018-11-26 Text article urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2018-229-77805 eng 2714728-9 11 1 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/article/download/7780/7765 10.17192/meta.2018.11.7780 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2018/229/7780 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0