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Ad Hoc Query on return of unaccompanied minors

30/06/2017

24 (Member) States provided information on the volume of returned unaccompanied minors and on family tracing. This ad hoc query was launched by the Finnish Contact Point to the EMN.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors

European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children (FRA)

01/06/2017

This report aims to support practitioners in implementing relevant polices in line with applicable law by outlining available safeguards against unlawful and arbitrary detention and highlighting promising practices.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
alternative to detention
child detention

Humanitarian visa in Belgium (Myria)

23/05/2017

Myria, the Belgian Federal Migration Centre, today published a paper on humanitarian visa issued by the Belgian authorities in 2016.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
humanitarian visa

Council of Europe adopts Action Plan on protecting refugee and migrant children (2017-2019)

19/05/2017

Today, the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe agreed on concrete action on protecting refugee and migrant children.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
migrant child

A child is a child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation (UNICEF)

01/05/2017

This report shows how the lack of safe and legal pathways for refugee and migrant children feeds a booming market for human smuggling and puts them at risk of violence, abuse and exploitation.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
child protection

Improving the protection of children in migration

12/04/2017

The Commission is today setting out actions to reinforce the protection of all migration children at all stages of the process and to ensure a closer link between the asylum and child protection services.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
migrant child
Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors

A guide on Trafficking of Women (Border Woman)

25/11/2013

This guide, made by women who have escaped trafficking and based on their experiences, provides information on trafficking in women and advice for potential victims and support-organisations.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication type:
Report

A child is a child. How can the EU ensure the rights of undocumented migrant children and families? (PICUM)

Cover / Poster of event

06/11/2013

The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) together with Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), invite you to join a discussion on how the European Union can ensure the rights of undocumented migrant children and their families.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
undocumented migrants

Children First and Foremost (PICUM)

Cover page of the publication "Children First and Foremost"

22/05/2013

This guide, which aims at realising the rights of children and families in a irregular migration situation, is the result of the "Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Undocumented Children in Europe" project

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
undocumented migrants
child protection
rights

Children on the Move

22/04/2013

This publication targets policymakers and practitioners in the field of migration and child protection, along with academics and activists, and sheds light on the situation of migrant children.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
child labour
migrant child
unaccompanied minors

Sanctions Directive transposed into national legislation

04/03/2013

On 4 March 2013, the Law laying down sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals came into force.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
sanctions directive
irregular worker

Call for Papers: Children Migrants and 3rd Culture Kids Roots and Routes

Logo of Event and Call for papers on Children Migrants

02/01/2013

Researchers and practicioners are invited to submit papers in preparation for an international conference aimed at understanding the impact of very different forms of migrations (i.e. forced migrations, economic migrations, return migrations) on children, including long-term consequences.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
migrant child

Publication: Migration of Unaccompanied Minors from West Africa to North Africa

logo publication MNA Afrique

01/02/2013

This report realized on the basis of a documentary study addresses the question of the protection of unaccompanied minors from West Africa to North Africa from a transnational point of view.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors

Ad Hoc Query on the return of unaccompanied minors

17/01/2013

This compilation of responses to a French ad hoc query provides information on the removal of unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
age assessment
family tracing
forced return
unaccompanied minors
voluntary return

Developments in International Protection and Asylum in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform International protection 2011

03/01/2013

This EMN Inform presents the main developments that took place in 2011 with regard to international protection comprising statistics, the Common European Asylum System, intra-EU Solidarity , external dimension and unaccompanied minors.

Theme:
Asylum
Vulnerable groups
External Dimension
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
CEAS
resettlement
solidarity
unaccompanied minors
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