New EMN report published: Children in migration

On Wednesday, 10 March  the EMN Report on the state of implementation in 2019 of the 2017 Communication on the protection of children in migration has been published.  

New report from the European Migration Network (EMN) maps the state of implementation in 2019 of the recommendations laid down in the 2017 European Commission Communication on the protection of children in migration.

The 2017 Communication highlights the importance of early integration. The EMN report found that Member States generally do not have a specific policy or strategy for the integration of minors of a migrant background. However, national programmes promoting the integration of migrant children are implemented in some Member States, and some progress is reported in 2019. The 2017 Communication also underlines that administrative detention of children on migration grounds should always be in line with EU law, applied exclusively in exceptional circumstances, for the shortest time possible, and never in prison accommodation. According to the EMN report,  detention is legally permitted in several EU Member States for unaccompanied minors and minors with families, although this is only implemented as a last resort and under strong safeguards to protect the well-being of the child.


To download the Report please click here.

To download the Inform of the Report please click here.

To download the Flash (one page) of the Report please click here.


 

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