France: Immigrant Children Being Denied Protection

September 5, 2019 Video France: Immigrant Children Being Denied Protection Unaccompanied children arriving in France’s Alpine region undergo flawed age assessment procedures that deny many access to needed protection. (Paris) – Unaccompanied children arriving in France’s Alpine region undergo flawed age assessment procedures that deny many access to needed protection, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 80-page report, “Subject to Whim: The Treatment of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the French Hautes-Alpes,” found that examiners whose job is to certify a child’s status…

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