Advocacy Papers

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Advocacy Papers on Priority Issues

A key activity of the Initiative for Children in Migration is to link previously separate and fragmented actions into a common framework. To that end several organisations are developing a core common portfolio of EU advocacy papers drawing from existing expertise, projects and initiatives, supported by webinars and meetings.

For additional advocacy resources, see also the relevant thematic Spotlight on the EU page.

Working paper on the mental health needs of refugee minors living in mass accommodation facilities 

Available in English

Joint statement on the impact of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum on children in migration (December  2020)

Available in English

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Briefing Paper with key recommendations on Making proposed EU measures concerning migrant children at the EU external border more child-centred and child-sensitive (February 2021)

Available in English, French, Italian and Greek

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Joint Statement: A call to invest in integrated child protection systems that meet the needs of children in migration (September 2022)

Available in English

Keeping the Child’s Best Interests at the Heart of Relocation (May 2020)

Key recommendations for EU action concerning the ongoing initiative to relocate unaccompanied children from Greece

The publication is available in

English

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Strengthening The Rights Of The Child In Administrative And Judicial Proceedings Related To Migration (April  2020)

Implementing the Council of Europe guidelines on child-friendly justice

Advocacy Paper in English, French, German, Greek and Italian

Research Document in English

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No Child Should Be Stateless: Ensuring The Right To A Nationality For Children In Migration In Europe (April 2020)

The publication is available in English, French, German, Greek, Spanish and Italian

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Promoting And Protecting The Rights Of Children In Migration Through The Mff 2021-2027 (November 2019)

The publication is available in English

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How Better Cross-Border Cooperation Will Prevent Trafficking Of Children In Migration (June 2019)

Recommendations on how to improve cross border child protection in cases of children in migration, missing for reasons linked to trafficking and exploitation

The publication is available in English

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Durable Solutions And The Best Interests Of The Child In The Context Of Return Processes (September 2019)

Guidance for States on how the best interests of the child can be respected in the context of return procedures 

The publication is available in English

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Child Immigration Detention in the EU (March 2019)

Advocacy points towards ending child immigration detention

The publication is available in English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, Greek, German

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On The Ongoing Negotiations Of The Common European Asylum System, In View Of The European Elections 2019 (March 2019)

The role of the European Parliament in promoting rights of children in asylum and migration: focus on the Common European Asylum System and the European Parliament elections.

The publication is available in English; Italian; German; Greek; French

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