Issues

Seminar Unaccompanied Foreign Children

Seminar documents and annexed documents

Best practices on national policies and programmes on welcome, integration and family reunification

A. SEMINAR DOCUMENTS

• SEMINAR PROGRAMME ( 140 Kb)
• INTRODUCTION ( 291 Kb)
  
  1. EU Members contributions
  
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Finland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
    - general document
    - legislation
  • Luxembourg
    Portugal
  • Spain
  • The Netherlands
    - general document
    - report
  • United Kingdom
  
  
  2. Statistical data
  • A first overview of statistical data on unaccompanied foreign children (UFC) in the EU in 2002 ( 219 Kb)
    
  
  3. Speeches
  • Terry Smith - Separated Children in Europe Programme, Overview on European Union law and policy and comparison of national laws and policies of European Union countries ( 484 Kb)
    
  • Teresa Albano - International Organization for Migrations, Comparison of national laws and policies of European Union countries on trafficked unaccompanied foreign children ( 216 Kb)
  
  
  4. Working groups
  • Welcome ( 50 Kb)
  • Integration ( 50 Kb)
  • Family reunification ( 50 Kb)
  
  
  5. Bibliography ( 72 Kb)
  

B. ANNEXED DOCUMENTS

1. International Legislation

• EUROPEAN UNION

  • Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification
  • Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers
  • European Parliament Resolution on the situation concerning basic rights in the European Union (2001) (2001/2014(INI))
  • Council Decision of 26 June 1997 on monitoring the implementation of instruments adopted concerning asylum (97/420/JHA)
  • Council Resolution of 26 June 1997 on unaccompanied minors who are nationals of third countries (97/C 221/03)

• COUNCIL OF EUROPE

  • European Convention on the exercise of children’s rights, 25 January 1996
  • Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1596 (2003), Situation of young migrants in Europe

• UNITED NATIONS

  • Convention on the rights of the child, 20 November 1989
  • Convention relating to the status of refugees, 28 July 1951
  • Guidelines on policies and procedures in dealing with unaccompanied children seeking - asylum (UNHCR, 1 February 1997)
  • Refugee children: guidelines on protection and care (UNHCR, 1 January 1994)

 

2. Publications of international governmental and non governmental organizations

• International Organization for Migrations (IOM), Trafficking in unaccompanied minors in the European Union, September 2003
• Separated children in Europe Programme (SCEP), Separated children in Europe: policies and practices in European union members states: a comparative analysis by Terry Smith, November 2003
• Separated children in Europe Programme (SCEP), Separated children and EU asylum and immigration policy by Sandy Ruxton, November 2003
• Separated children in Europe Programme (SCEP), Statement of good practice, second edition, October 2000
• European council on refugees and exiles, Position on refugee children, November 1996

 

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