There is a lack of research on children’s acculturation processes following international migration. As such, this article presents a study conducted among 10 latency-age children (10–11 years old), living in Israel, whose parents were work migrants/refugees/asylum seekers, via their artwork and through the lens of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. The findings revealed that the migrant children expressed their acculturation and sense of belonging to the host country through three main themes: (1) a longing to have a room of their own; (2) a wish to separate and individuate, as is typical of pre-adolescents and adolescents universally; and (3) the need to rely on their youth movement as an alternative to the family and as a bridge to Israeli society. An examination of the weaknesses of the children’s microsystems and mesosystems highlights the need for continued efforts to strengthen their connection with the macrosystem, which provides them with a sense of home. Findings suggest that art is a useful mode of expression that can help migrant children explore their past, present, and future lives. They also highlight the importance of changing existing exclusionist policies in order to improve migrant children's sense of belonging and security.

缺乏对国际移民后儿童文化适应过程的研究。因此，本文通过他们的艺术作品和 Bronfenbrenner 的生态模型，对居住在以色列的 10 名潜伏年龄儿童（10-11 岁）进行了一项研究，他们的父母是工作移民/难民/寻求庇护者。调查结果显示，流动儿童通过三个主要主题表达了他们对东道国的文化适应和归属感：（1）渴望拥有自己的房间；(2) 希望分离和个性化，这是普遍的青春期前和青少年的典型特征；(3) 需要依靠他们的青年运动作为家庭的替代品和通往以色列社会的桥梁。对儿童微系统和中系统弱点的检查突显出需要继续努力加强他们与宏观系统的联系，这为他们提供了一种家的感觉。研究结果表明，艺术是一种有用的表达方式，可以帮助流动儿童探索他们的过去、现在和未来的生活。他们还强调了改变现有排斥政策以提高流动儿童的归属感和安全感的重要性。