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Separated Children and EU Asylum and Immigration Policy

Document number
1208
Date
2003
Title
Separated Children and EU Asylum and Immigration Policy
Author/publisher
Sandy Ruxton
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
Summary
The report aims to provide an accessible study of the policy changes affecting separated children which have occurred since 1999 at EU level, and further changes which can be anticipated within EU asylum and immigration policies.
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