REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON “MIGRATION OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS:
ACTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD”

Malaga, 27-28 October 2005

Documents
Session 1: Main characteristics of migration of unaccompanied minors – five case studies
Session 2: Reception of unaccompanied minors – experiences of some countries
Session 3: Managing migration of unaccompanied minors in the best interests of the child
Session 4 – Integration: models of intervention
The Council of Europe documents
United Nations documents
Communications and other documents

 

Documents:

Languages available in PDF:

 

Proceedings of the Conference (992 KB et 889KB)

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Programme of the Conference

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Speech by Mrs Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe 

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Speech by Ms Consuelo Rumí, Secretary of State to Immigration and Emigration, Spain

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Speech by Ms Amparo Marzal Martínez, Director General of Family and Childhood, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Spain

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General Rapporteur's Conclusions, by Ms Najat M'Jid

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Conclusions of the Conference

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Closing remarks by Mr Alexander Vladychenko, Director General for Social Cohesion (DGIII) of the Council of Europe 

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Session 1: Main characteristics of migration of unaccompanied minors – five case studies

 

Keynote speech, by Mr George Moschos, Children’s Ombudsman (Greece)

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Situation of unaccompanied migrants in Morocco, by Mrs Najat M'Jid, President of the Association BAYTI, Morocco

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Situation of unaccompanied migrants in Spain, by Rosa María Bravo Rodríguez, Dirección general de la integración de los inmigrantes; Ministerio de trabajo y asuntos sociales, Spain

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Situation of unaccompanied migrants in the United Kingdom, by Dr. Eugenia M. Markova, Research Fellow, Sussex Centre for Migration Research of the University of Sussex, United Kingdom

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Situation of unaccompanied migrants in France, by Mrs Elizabeth Johnston, Deputy Director, European Forum for Urban Safety, France

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Situation of unaccompanied migrants in Switzerland, by Mr Sylvain Vité, NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Switzerland

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Session 2: Reception of unaccompanied minors – experiences of some countries

 

Reception of unaccompanied minors in Belgium: general trends and socio-economic profiles, with particular reference to minors from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by Ms Ching Lin Pang, Belgium

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Reception of unaccompanied migrants in Hungary, by Ms Renata Rakaczki, Hungary

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Reception of unaccompanied migrants in Italy, by Mrs Roberta Medda-Windischer, Italy

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Unaccompanied migrant children : what they think?, Report researched  and written by Mrs. Imogen Lamb (July to September 2005)

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Session 3: Managing migration of unaccompanied minors in the best interests of the child

 

Migrations of unaccompanied minors and comprehensive approach based on the rights of the child, by Mr Hatem Kotrane - only in French

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Sharing responsibility – boosting co-operation between countries of destination and origin at all levels, by Mr Michel Villan, Belgium

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Effective respect of the fundamental rights of unaccompanied migrant minors - the findings of the Commissioner for Human Rights, by Mr Manuel Lezertua

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European Union policy towards unaccompanied minor migrants, by Mrs Annick Goeminne

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Unaccompanied Minors and asylum procedures: prospects for UNHCR, by Mrs Margarita de la Rasilla, UNHCR

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Session 4 – Integration: models of intervention

 

“Life plans” for unaccompanied minors and co-operation between countries of origin, transit and destination, by Mme Carmen Belinchón Sánchez

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The Council of Europe documents :

 

Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

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Recommendation 1703 (2005)1 Protection and assistance for separated children seeking asylum

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Report on the Protection and assistance for separated children seeking asylum, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, Rapporteur: Mr Ed van Thijn, Netherlands

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20 Guidelines on forced return, adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe  on 4 May 2005, at the 925th Meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies and Comments

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Proceedings of the Regional Conference on “Migrants in transit countries: sharing responsibility for management and protection” - Istanbul (Turkey), 30 September – 1 October 2004,

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United Nations documents :

 

Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

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Committee on the Rights of the Child - General Comment NO. 6 (2005) - Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin, CRC/GC/2005/6, 39th Session, 3 June 2005

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Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum, UNHCR, February 1997

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Trends in unaccompanied and separated children seeking asylum in industrialized countries, 2001-2003, July 2004

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Communications and other documents :

 

Errance et migration…,Estelle Panné et Gwennaëlle Kaiser, Médecins du Monde - only in French

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Opinion of the Ombudsman for Children (Défenseure des enfants) on the questions of isolated foreign minors, (28/09/2000) - only in French

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The disappearance of unaccompanied minors and minors victim of trafficking of human beings, Child focus, Bruxelles April 2002

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Trafficking in unaccompanied minors in the European Union - Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, IOM December 2002

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Inter-Agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied Separated Children, International Committee of the Red Cross, Central Tracing Agency and Protection Division, January 2004

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Statement of Good Practice, Separated Children in Europe Programme, 3rd edition, 2004, by International Save the Children Alliance in Europe and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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