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UN committee finds France is systematically violating child migrants' rights
The UN Committee found 50 to 80% of age reassessments overturned, urging France to improve child protection and meet basic needs for unaccompanied migrant children.
- On Thursday, October 16 the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child said France is committing `grave and systematic violations` of unaccompanied migrant children's rights, including denial of healthcare and education.
- Flawed age-assessment procedures often misclassify young migrants as adults, excluding many from the French child protection system, with reassessments overturned in 50 to 80% of cases, the committee said.
- Some unaccompanied migrant children were detained in airport waiting zones and border holding centres, a "disproportionate and therefore arbitrary" deprivation harming mental health, the committee said.
- The committee urged France to give claimants the benefit of the doubt and guarantee housing, food and water, while France cited its 2023-2027 strategic plan that `enhanced and coordinated support for prioritized and particularly vulnerable groups`.
- A photograph from August 29, 2022 in Toulouse showed a banner reading `We are homeless unaccompanied minors`, illustrating informal camps and the lack of comprehensive official figures, the committee said.
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UN committee finds France is systematically violating child migrants' rights
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child said France was committing 'grave and systematic violations' of unaccompanied minor migrants' rights, leaving them 'at high risk' of abuse and violence.
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