Moving Children: Lacunae in Contemporary Human Rights Protections for Migrant Children and Adolescents
This article addresses a contemporary demographic phenomenon, the growing presence of young migrant children and adolescents, and outlines the perils that this population faces. What some experts refer to as an “asylum-migration nexus,” or a blurring of legal categories within contemporary migration...
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| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Revue européenne des migrations internationales
2014
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | This article addresses a contemporary demographic phenomenon, the growing presence of young migrant children and adolescents, and outlines the perils that this population faces. What some experts refer to as an “asylum-migration nexus,” or a blurring of legal categories within contemporary migration, this varied and multifaceted flow includes asylum seekers, exploited unaccompanied children, job seekers, education or opportunity seekers, and adolescents seeking family reunion with previously migrated parents – all of them, in one way or another, young people on the move for a better life. This article posits that all young migrants need protection and assistance of one sort or another: Safe accommodation, and protection from exploitation, from the risks of criminalization, from deprivation of food and medical care at a minimum. Though progress is visible, much more remains to be achieved. The scandal of basic rights denial to tens of thousands of children and young people who deserve much better treatment from the world’s richest States implicates all of us. |
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