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The Convention on the rights of the child (CRC), which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 20 1989, is the most ratified Convention in the world. This international instrument is revolutionary for its recognition of children as actors of society and of their rights.
"Switzerland does not fulfil its obligation to protect children due to restrictive migration policy." This was the finding of the Swiss French Speaking Observatory on the Right of Asylum and Foreigners (Observatoire romand du droit d’asile et des étrangers ODAE) in their 8th report, published following World Children’s Day.
Lausanne/Sion/Geneva/Bern, 23 January 2017 – The Alliance for the Rights of Migrant Children (ADEM) is launching its website! Their platform, www.enfants-migrants.ch offers information and resources for migrant children in Switzerland, as well as the professionals who work with them.
The Alliance for the Rights of Migrant Children (ADEM) gathered federal and cantonal authorities, institutions and representatives of NGOs on 10 November in Berne on the theme of harmonizing the care of unaccompanied minors in Switzerland.
I membri dell’ADEM (1) intendono esprimere la loro preoccupazione riguardo la situazione dei migranti nella regione di Chiasso (Svizzera) e Como (Italia), in particolare quella dei minori non accompagnati, che costituiscono un gruppo chiaramente vulnerabile. I recenti respingimenti verso l’Italia operati dalle autorità svizzere, senza previa valutazione dei bisogni di questi minori, costituiscono una violazione degli obblighi relativi ai diritti dell’infanzia ai quali la Svizzera si è legata con la ratifica della CRC (2).