Whose children? Protecting unaccompanied migrant children in Europe: A case of diffused responsibility?
Whose children? Protecting unaccompanied migrant children in Europe: A case of diffused responsibility?
Abstract This paper examines the reasons behind the failure of EU and national policy interventions to protect unaccompanied migrant children's (unaccompanied minors - uams) rights during the refugee crisis in Europe. By drawing on policy documents and empirical data, it is argued that the deficient protection of uam s' child rights was essentially a failure of responsibility allocation in line with the "bystander effect"analytical explanation. While this argument does not disregard the role of other explanatory factors, such as the lack of European solidarity, poor legal enforcement and financial reasons, among others, it is claimed that the diffusion of responsibility (in theory and practice) between various policy systems at the national level, as well as between the EU and domestic levels, contributed to the failure to protect uam s' child rights across Europe.
children's rights, refugee crisis, unaccompanied minors
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Iusmen, Ingi
696395c1-d60e-4fbd-aa2b-98aeecaa64b2
December 2020
Iusmen, Ingi
696395c1-d60e-4fbd-aa2b-98aeecaa64b2
Iusmen, Ingi
(2020)
Whose children? Protecting unaccompanied migrant children in Europe: A case of diffused responsibility?
International Journal of Children's Rights, 28 (4), .
(doi:10.1163/15718182-28040006).
Abstract
Abstract This paper examines the reasons behind the failure of EU and national policy interventions to protect unaccompanied migrant children's (unaccompanied minors - uams) rights during the refugee crisis in Europe. By drawing on policy documents and empirical data, it is argued that the deficient protection of uam s' child rights was essentially a failure of responsibility allocation in line with the "bystander effect"analytical explanation. While this argument does not disregard the role of other explanatory factors, such as the lack of European solidarity, poor legal enforcement and financial reasons, among others, it is claimed that the diffusion of responsibility (in theory and practice) between various policy systems at the national level, as well as between the EU and domestic levels, contributed to the failure to protect uam s' child rights across Europe.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 April 2020
Published date: December 2020
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children's rights, refugee crisis, unaccompanied minors
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