This paper explores experiences of Nepalese children of seasonal migrant workers in brick kilns and the particular vulnerabilities they face, as child labourers, as unpaid workers engaging informally in brick production or household work to the support family economy, or as children left behind in poor communities with varying support. The review provides a thematic analysis from child labour and migration literature from Nepal and South Asia from 2010–2020 to explore issues that affect children of families who internally migrate within Nepal to work in brick kilns. Two key themes and eight subthemes consistently emerged across the papers: Seasonal in‐country migration to brick kilns and impacts on children (reasons for children to enter into migrant work; left‐behind children; remittances; the role of gender on work and education) and the situation of children working in Nepalese brick kilns (living conditions; working conditions and occupational ill‐health; psychosocial distress; child protection). The review found that literature on Nepalese children from brick kiln working families is subsumed into wider studies on migration with impacts on children's lives often reported as outcomes of findings rather than a main focus of studies. Furthermore, there is minimal recent empirical research with such families and children. This may be due to ethical dilemmas of doing research with children and difficulties in maintaining contact with families that move frequently.

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墙里的砖头：对影响尼泊尔砖窑内季节性移徙工人子女的问题的评论

本文探讨了尼泊尔砖窑的季节性移民工人的子女的经历，以及他们作为童工，无薪工人非正式地从事砖瓦生产或家务劳动以支持家庭经济或在贫困社区中留守儿童所面临的特殊脆弱性。有不同的支持。该评论提供了2010-2020年尼泊尔和南亚的童工和移民文献的主题分析，以探讨影响在尼泊尔内部移民到砖窑工作的家庭子女的问题。论文中始终出现两个关键主题和八个子主题：季节性国内迁移至砖窑及其对儿童的影响（儿童从事移民工作的原因；留守儿童；汇款；性别在工作和教育中的作用）以及尼泊尔砖窑工作的儿童的状况（生活）条件；工作条件和职业病；心理社会困扰；保护儿童）。审查发现，有关砖窑在职家庭的尼泊尔儿童的文献被纳入更广泛的移民研究中，这些移民对儿童生活的影响通常被报道为研究结果，而不是研究的重点。此外，最近关于此类家庭和儿童的实证研究很少。这可能是由于与儿童进行研究的伦理困境以及与经常移动的家庭保持联系方面的困难。