Source: http://tdh-childprotection.org/documents/protecting-migrant-children-in-a-freedom-of-movement-area
Authors: Cazenave Pierre
"Although the research faced many limitations which have consequences for the accuracy of its findings, the present research conclusions and recommendations remain based on a 16-month data collection process which allowed the gathering of information on 97 individual cases of children for whom the authorities have or should have found durable solutions.
The main recommendation of the research proposes the creation of a standardised procedure applicable in the 27 Member States that would foster internal and transnational coordination in order to properly assess the situation of children and find durable solutions that have been jointly designed with the children concerned, thereby leaving an important space for their participation.
As of today, the only certainty regarding the situation of EU migrant children is that they remain “suspended” between two necessities that Member States have not yet been able to reconcile: a search for opportunities in migration and a fundamental right to be protected."
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