Study carried out in Belgium, France, Spain and Switzerland on the disappearances of unaccompanied foreign minors placed in institutions. Ficheiro de 1,83 MB em formato PDF (88 p.).

Introduction. Methodology. Acknowledgments. Summary. 1. What is an Unaccompanied Foreign Minor (UFM)? a) What is a minor? b) What is an unaccompanied foreign minor (UFM)? 2. Taking unaccompanied minors into care. a) Reasons for migration. b) How many are there? c) Who are they? d) How do they arrive? e) Procedure for taking a UFM into care. 3. Disappearances: the extent is largely unknown and the figures are unclear. 4. What is known of the UFMs who disappear? a) Which unaccompanied minors disappear? b) Why do UFMs disappear? c) What risks are faced by the disappeared UFMs? d) The terminology used. e) What is the procedure after the disappearance of a UFM? 5. Who is legally responsible with respect to the disappearance of UFMs? a) Different responses. b) Yet several international legal instruments impose on the States the obligation to care for UFMs present in their territory. c) What international legal actions are available? 6. Recommendations. a) General recommendations. b) Recommendations to governments. c) Recommendations to the judicial authorities. d) Recommendations to responsible institutions. Conclusion. Bibliography.