France Slammed Over Treatment of Migrant Children

Expand Daouda S., a 16-year-old unaccompanied boy from Guinea, has slept on the streets of Paris for weeks at a time while he waits for a judge to hear his case. Occasionally, he is able to stay with families for short stretches. Photograph by Roopa Gogineni. © 2018 Human Rights Watch As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child tomorrow, the reality for many children around the world falls far short of the guarantees outlined in the treaty. Children fleeing abusive situations in their home country and migrating without their families are among the most…

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