Europe Call for European Protection of Unaccompanied Children

Project : Regional Office 3 Jan 2010 | child rights protection systems

The French NGO France terre d’asile launched just before Christmas a call towards all organisations and institutions working with the European Union for the better protection of unaccompanied children.

Extracts: “The European Union was built on the common values of justice, liberty and security. Despite any apprehensions some may occasionally have about the EU, the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon shows that that Europeans support a system which offers protection and reinforces these key values. We believe that the ideals of humanism, of unity, and of protection should drive every policy which affects the continent’s most vulnerable populations. Today, the European Union is working towards a Community legislative framework for unaccompanied children. Given this new framework, we want to reaffirm the fundamental rights laid out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and particularly emphasise the idea that the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration. (…)”

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