To the meeting of the EU women and Minister of Justice
Osnabrück, March 9, 2023- Today, the Minister of Interior and Justice meets of the European Union to negotiate a common asylum and migration policy. Together with the partner organization <em>Equal Rights Beyond Borders,</em> the children's rights organization terre des hommes calls for the meeting that the right -wing refugees in particular must be preserved.
»About every third person in the EU asylum -bearing person is a minor. If in Brussels there is once more negotiations on the protection of borders and the cooperation with third countries, it should not be forgotten that it is not least about the rights and fate of countless children and adolescents, «explained Sophia Eckert, migration expert of terre des hommes . "Your rights are currently being kicked with feet at the European external borders." Like one Joint statement by Equal Rights Beyond Borders and terre des hommes shows, underage are detained on the Greek island of Kos and their social, cultural and economic rights violate the worst. In a so -called "Safe Zone" in a closed center on KOS, they are recorded under the strictest safety precautions without prior individual cases.
terre des hommes and <em>Equal Rights Beyond Borders</em> demand that everything will be done at the EU and nation-state level to maintain the rights and the well-being of children and adolescents who are in the EU and to ensure that they are adequately accommodated and looked after. "Children's rights are never just accessories, but obligations that have to be taken seriously," says Sophia Eckert. »Our appeal to the EU minister is therefore: Human rights and the protection of the child's well-being must finally determine European discourse again. We call for: child welfare instead of warehouse. "
Instead of negotiating refugees at the borders of the EU and beyond, the ministers in Brussels have to find solutions so that those who are looking for protection in the EU are treated in a manner that is compliant with human and child rights. The starting point for European migration and escape policy must be the return to humanity and human values that refugee children and adolescents primarily consider children- regardless of their origin and residence status. "'Constitutional State' means that the EU finally adheres to the legal requirements that it has set itself," said Robert Nestler, Managing Director of <em>Equal Rights Beyond Borders.</em>
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