Rückführungen aus Fremdunterbringungen

The external placement of minors represents a crisis-ridden transition that should be viewed from both the child’s and the parents’ (carers’) perspective in terms of psychological aspects. Although it is to be endeavoured against the background of legal regulations, repatriation can be understood as just such a transition. This article aims to illustrate the complexity of returning to the family of origin from the perspective of both the minor and the parents. In this first attempt at an approach, the concept of developmental tasks serves as a point of orientation for the considerations made here.