This paper discusses an international field placement at the Master’s level that occurred with unaccompanied minors in Granada, Spain. The experience allowed us to rethink the role of the social worker in a context of economic crisis with a vulnerable population. The issue of unaccompanied minors is an important one for social workers at the present time in different countries of Europe, especially considering the impact of austerity measures in all domains of social life. This article documents this field experience and raises questions for social work practice that are valuable as much for Québec as for other societies where increasingly migrant populations are being relegated to the margins of the host society.