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(English) Age & Generation in Canada’s Migration Law, Policy, & Programming

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Children on the Run: Unaccompanied Children Leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for International Protection

The full report can be dowloaded at the link below.

Buried Alive: Stateless Kurds in Syria

Lynch, M. & Ali, P. (2006). Buried alive: Stateless Kurds in Syria. Refugee International. Introduction Stateless Kurds in Syria are virtually invisible people. Numbering about 300,000, this group is in a unique situation in relation to the larger Kurdish population. There are no exact figures for the number of Kurds in Syria because of the political implications of over- or underestimation, … Seguir leyendo Buried Alive: Stateless Kurds in Syria →

Arendt’s children: Do today’s migrant children have a right to have rights?

Bhabha, J. (2009). Arendt’s children: Do today’s migrant children have a right to have rights? Human Rights Quarterly. 31(2). 410-451. http://www.mrs.lu.se/upload/MRdokument/omtentaMRSG10dk3/31.2.Bhabha.pdf Large numbers of child migrants today—here referred to as “Arendt’s children”—are functionally stateless, whether or not they have a legal nationality. The fundamental rights to protection, family life, education, and health care that these … Seguir leyendo Arendt’s children: Do today’s migrant children have a right to have rights? →

Children without a state: A global human rights challenge

Bhabha, J. (2011). Children without a state: A global human rights challenge. Cambridge: MIT Press. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12530 Children are among the most vulnerable citizens of the world, with a special need for the protections, rights, and services offered by states. And yet children are particularly at risk from statelessness. Thirty-six percent of all births in the … Seguir leyendo Children without a state: A global human rights challenge →

Detention and the Best Interests of the Child

The CCR has just published a report, Detention and Best interests of the child, which shows that detention of children is NOT limited to exceptional circumstances and that their best interests are not always considered.