07/10/2011 Session
Strasbourg, 07.10.2011 - Concerned about the wide discrepancy across Europe in how undocumented migrant children are treated, the PACE today recommended that member states put in place a firm legislative basis and implement their laws in practice, so as to guarantee undocumented children’s right to education, health care and housing. In line with the conclusions reached by rapporteur Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD), the Assembly also called on member states to refrain from placing such children in detention and to tackle their exploitation in the area of work.
The Assembly also recommended that the Committee of Ministers invite its intergovernmental committees to provide member states with guidelines and good practice for guaranteeing undocumented migrant children’s right to education and health care.