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Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families

Knowledge Platform

Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families

Reception and placement options in the immigration context for children and families should be non-custodial and with appropriate case management support. They should respect the principle of minimum intervention and fulfil the best interests of the child, along with his/her rights to liberty and family life. Children need to be treated first and foremost as children, regardless of their immigration status. An ethic of care and not enforcement should prevail in all interventions concerning them.

Fecha de publicación
Destinatarios
Government
Ámbito geográfico
Grupo de trabajo
No
Proceso de revisión regional
No
Objetivos del Pacto Mundial para la Migración
Palabras clave
Child and young migrants
Detention (migration)
Status
Published

Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families

Reception and placement options in the immigration context for children and families should be non-custodial and with appropriate case management support. They should respect the principle of minimum intervention and fulfil the best interests of the child, along with his/her rights to liberty and family life. Children need to be treated first and foremost as children, regardless of their immigration status. An ethic of care and not enforcement should prevail in all interventions concerning them.


*Todas las referencias a Kosovo deben entenderse en el contexto de la Resolución 1244 [1999] del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas.