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World Refugee Day Conference
Responding To The Needs Of
Refugee Children And Young People
Teresa Blake SC
Opening Presentation
University College Dublin 20th June
2107
International obligations to
protect
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• Convention - Status of Refugees 1951 Art
1A(2)- Art 33 (1951), [1967] Protocol.
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• EU Charter on Fundamental Rights Art 18, 24.
• Child Asylum Claims Guidance UNHCR 2009,
• CRC General comment No. 6 (2005).
• Extensive legal landscape.
Challenges • Critical engagement of NGO’s in highlighting the issues for many years. • Monitoring –actions of state agencies. • Office of the Ombudsman for Children • McMahon Report • IHREC – shadow reporting, legislative observations, raising awareness and legal interventions- keep focus on the issues.
Responding to the needs of Refugee Children
and Young People
• Lesvos – the reality.
• The Issues – need for response across many
levels.
• Stories of fortitude, resilience, and
independence.
• European Lawyers in Lesvos Project
Border Protection Area Turkey 10km
Protecting the Border Area UK, French and Frontex Boats
Municipal Workers removing a rubber dingy from border protection boat
A container in Moria Camp
Arrivals in Moria Camp Lesvos [photo from
EASO[photo
website] EASO website]
• European Lawyers in
Lesvos Project
Boundary Fence Moria
Scenes from the Olive Grove
•Registration of all seeking protection
•Making an application
•Admission to protection Frontex
[European
border and
•Family reunification Coast guard
Agency]
•Vulnerability
•Unaccompanied Minors
•Vulnerable adults Greek people
EU Turkey Statement - March 16 2016
•Persons with disability
•Victims of trafficking
UNHCR
•Sexual gender based violence
Greek Asylum
•Humanitarian Humanitarian
Aid
service
European
Asylum
Support Office
NGOEU Turkey Arrangement. • Applicants who enter • Processing delays- after 16/3/2016 will be interpreters etc returned to Turkey. • Procedural delays • Pre -Registration • Detention /Returns • Admissibility Stage Restriction to Border • Substantive Stage area island of Lesvos • Relocations [EC 13th • Delays in interviewing Report June 2017 • Decision making • Reunifications. • Challenges to decisions
Current numbers in Lesvos
Source UNHCR –Lesvos Data Snapshot 13/6/2017
Arrivals Breakdown May 2107
Men 261
Total arrivals Lesvos 2016 Women 125
91,506 Children 144
Arrivals Jan to June 2107
2,160 Country of Origin
Remaining in camps in Lesvos Syria,[138]
3,395.
Democratic Rep Congo [117]
Numbers increasing 103
arrivals on 13/6/2017 Iraq [66]
Afghanistan [44]New living quarters 2017
Unaccompanied minors /young
people
Identification The issues
• Lack of identity documents
• Identification
• Language barrier /Level of
• Community /security.
education.
• Vulnerability
• Family reunification
• Age assessment
• Change in status from adult
• Mental health issues to minor.
• Institutionalisation • Guard against exploitation
• Protector /guardian • Child specific claims –
assigned.Independence
Typical cases encountered • Family groups – some members got lost on long journey to Lesvos. • Single men –the largest group in Lesvos • Unaccompanied minors –claims for protection –all grounds. • Young women –SGBV-trafficking • Mental health issues • Smugglers /brokers –the risks.
European Lawyers in Lesvos
Statistics Snapshot: 12 June 2017
Clients advised:
1304
Clients' countries of origin:
49 Number of clients (Total)
1400
1200
Clients' gender 1000
800
600
400
20.9% 200
Female 0
Male
79.1%
Top clients' countries of origin
Case type Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of
Family Congo
5.4%
Reunifiction Eritrea
22%
24% Syria
21.2% First
Instance Iraq
73.3% Advice
2%
Other 11% Pakistan
3%
Iran
4% 4%
10%
5% Cameroon
6% 9%
Bangladesh
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FinlandFrance
GermanyGreece
Hungary
Number of volunteer lawyers
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Ireland
Italy
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ngdomSummary
EU Turkey arrangement Assistance
• Legal advice crucial for all • Practical
applicants • Humanitarian
• Identification /Protection of • Psychological Services
• Minors /guardian • Legal ElIL and others
• Admissibility to procedure • Frontline rule of law work
• Family reunification • Prevent unlawful detention
• Relocation • Advice, preparation and
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