Migration Detention Of Unaccompanied Children In Europe
Migration Detention Of Unaccompanied Children In Europe

Author(s): Aikaterini Togia
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration; Detention; Unaccompanied Children; Europe;
Summary/Abstract: This paper will present the current international, European and EU law that regulates the deprivation of liberty of unaccompanied minors in the immigration context. Moreover, the present paper will refer to key judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the detention of unaccompanied minors, according to which it was found violations against Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 par. 1 (right to liberty and security) and par. 4 (right to have a lawfulness of detention decided speedily by a court) of the European Convention of Human Rights. Finally, it will be given an overview of immigration detention of unaccompanied minors in Greece.

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