Effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated migrant children
Recommendation 2190
(2020)
Author(s):
Parliamentary Assembly
Origin
Text adopted by the
Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly, on 4 December
2020 (see Doc. 15133, report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and
Displaced Persons, rapporteur: Ms Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir; and Doc. 15166, opinion of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health
and Sustainable Development, rapporteur: Ms Sibel Arslan).
1. Referring to its Resolution 2354 (2020) on
effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated migrant children,
the Parliamentary Assembly emphasises the importance of the creation
of effective guardianship systems in all Council of Europe member
States, with particular focus on unaccompanied and separated children,
with the aim of ensuring their protection and providing them with
assistance as soon as they arrive in Europe.
2.1 include in the new Council of
Europe action plan in the field of migration and human rights (currently
under preparation) those activities which will facilitate its successful
implementation;
2.2 invite the Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child
(CDENF) to promote European best practices in the guardianship of
unaccompanied and separated migrant children and to study the possibility
of setting up a mechanism for the quick and safe relocation of unaccompanied
migrant children to countries with the most developed child protection
systems, in accordance with their best interests;
2.3 invite the Drafting Group on Migration and Human Rights
(CDDH-MIG) to study the issue of foster care for unaccompanied and
separated migrant children and explore the possibility of creating
a European register of foster-care families with the aim of finding
rapid solutions for the protection of unaccompanied and separated
migrant children;
2.4 invite the Network of Focal Points on Migration to explore
the possibility of increasing dialogue on international and national
multidisciplinary co-operation with a view to improving the protection
of unaccompanied and separated children in the context of migration,
including improving data collection and exchange on this group in
Council of Europe member States.
