Special aspects regarding women and children Refugees
Special aspects regarding women and children Refugees

Summary/Abstract: In this article we aim to analyze the problems faced by the most vulnerable categories of refugees: women and children. The first problem refers to the fact that the Geneva Convention from 1951 does not differentiate between the situations and rules applicable depending on the sex and age of refugees who require asylum or other form of protection. It was only after 1980 when procedures began to be drafted and measures adequate to the protection of refugee women and children to be taken. The Constitution of Romania establishes at Article 18 paragraph (2) that "the right of asylum is granted and with drawn under the law, while complying with the international treaties and conventions to which Romania is a party", thus aligning to international rules applicable. Women are a very vulnerable category, as they often go in remote and different countries (from a cultural,economic, linguistic point of view etc.), alone, (without a partner), being the only responsible for raising and educating their children, and the adaptation and change of their social role can be extremely difficult. Children, especially the unaccompanied ones, are also very vulnerable. The authorities of the states where they take refuge are up difficulties in identifying and protecting them, many of them simply disappearing without any trace.

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