CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Fatima, Hanan |
|---|---|
| Title | Searching For Best Interests Of Unaccompanied Children. A Comparative Study: United Kingdom and France |
| Summary | Since the refugee crisis in 2015, thousands of children have come to the Europe alone and in need of asylum. It is an enormous task to project an accurate figure for the number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum as the numbers are not quite consistent. There is no real data despite the existence of several monitoring systems that are presently in place. Many unaccompanied children have disappeared whilst navigating their way across various geographic terrains as they flee persecution in their country of origin, predominantly as a result of conflict. Resultantly, some cross borders in search of their parents, while others become victims of child trafficking. This study centres on a comparative analysis of the rights of UMs in the United Kingdom(UK) and France and is done via the vantage point of migration and asylum processes. The study contributes to the discussion regarding the compliance of states on the primary consideration for the best interests of the child, presenting a prescriptive view in reviewing the application of the CRC and the EU acquis. This is carefully done taking into account the asylum laws and procedures of the State and the EU into account. This study, while analysing the implementation of the best interests of the child, tries to understand in whose best interests are policies and laws are created - the state or the child. The thesis concludes with the summation of reasons of noncompliance with the CRC recommendations, and the infringement of the principle rights of the child during age assessment procedures. It also acknowledges increasing disobedience by the UK in comparison to France due to the current and changing political situation, specifically Brexit and the impact it has had on the policies regarding unaccompanied children in the UK. |
| Supervisor | Nagy Boldizśar |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/fatima_hanan.pdf |
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