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"The European Union has extensive legislation on migration policy. We have the Geneva Conventions, the Dublin Convention, several Regulations and a large number of Directives.
However, there are major problems with their implementation and their large number render the entire system opaque. In addition, the Member States’ legislation is frequently applied incorrectly and refugee and asylum-seeker status often merge.
Since time is limited, I will stick to the question of children who are not accompanied by their parents and who leave their country of origin to seek asylum in another country: 5% of all asylum seekers are made up precisely of children. We have statistics on how many of those children have applied for asylum but we do not know how many of them cross the border and do not apply for asylum. We know how many are granted asylum but have no information on what happens to those whose applications are rejected.
Moreover, on arrival in a country children must be assigned a legal representative who will defend their best interest, but we do not know precisely what the definition of a child’s best interest is. A child’s legal representative should not be an inexperienced volunteer, a student or a legal person with a conflict of interests."@en1
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