Europe The EU should put an end to the detention of minors

10 Jul 2008 |

Youth organizations published a press release calling on EU countries not to apply double standards to human rights and keep minors in detention. A few thousand minors are still detained every year in Europe because of their irregular migration status. “Migrant children are entitled to have the same rights as their national or resident counterparts, so they should be treated as children first and foremost, regardless of their migrant status," explains Bettina Schwarzmayr, President of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) in the press release.