Unaccompanied Minors’ Rights within the European Union. Is the EU Asylum and Immigration Legislation in line With the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
- Document number
- 2562
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Unaccompanied Minors’ Rights within the European Union. Is the EU Asylum and Immigration Legislation in line With the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
- Author/publisher
- Marie Diop, Odysseus Network
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, 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
- Through a comparison of the EU legislation on immigration and asylum ensuing from the Tampere Council with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, this paper attempts to answer the following question: Is the current EU asylum and immigration legislation in line with provisions applicable to unaccompanied minors as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
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