Mind the gap: transitioning into undocumented adulthood in the European Union : durable solutions in the best interests of unaccompanied migrant children

dc.contributor.advisor Machado, Jónatas
dc.contributor.advisor Gomes, Carla de Marcelino
dc.contributor.author Guha Thakurta, Sheila
dc.date.accessioned 2023-09-28T09:39:21Z
dc.date.available 2023-09-28T09:39:21Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description Second semester University: University of Coimbra
dc.description.abstract Unaccompanied children whose asylum claim is denied in the European Union risk being returned to a country where their protection needs are not safeguarded. The international human rights framework requires host countries to identify durable solutions in the best interests of unaccompanied children. This conflicts with the interests of the European Union to combat irregular migration and deter individuals who do not qualify for asylum. States provide unaccompanied children whose claim for asylum was rejected and who cannot be returned a temporary right to stay, until these children turn eighteen and obligations of the State to protect their rights as children no longer exist. They remain or become undocumented upon ageing out and are then restricted from accessing rights and services which allow them to participate in society. For unaccompanied children who do not qualify for asylum, no durable solution in the best interests of the child is identified. This thesis aims to seek common ground between the best interests of the child with interests of the State to control migration flows, to identify a framework through which EU member states can find durable solutions for unaccompanied children, which provide more certainty about their legal status.
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.gchumanrights.org/handle/20.500.11825/2650
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/2570
dc.language.iso en
dc.relation.ispartofseries Global Campus Europe (EMA) theses 2022/2023
dc.subject European Union
dc.subject migrations
dc.subject unaccompained migrant children
dc.subject asylum
dc.subject irregular migrations
dc.title Mind the gap: transitioning into undocumented adulthood in the European Union : durable solutions in the best interests of unaccompanied migrant children
dc.type Thesis
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