Greek practices harm migrant children, finds European Committee on Social Rights
The European Committee on Social Rights, which monitors the implementation of the European Social Charter, found that migrant children’s rights were violated by Greece. Following the collective complaint ICJ and ECRE v Greece, developed with the Greek Council for Refugees, the Committee found that accommodation conditions of migrant children, both unaccompanied and in families, violate their rights to shelter and adequate housing, health, and education. Moreover, the lack of adequate long-term accommodation, the failure to appoint guardians and the detention of children under the (now-repealed) Greek practice of ‘protective custody’ violated their right to social, legal and economic protection.
Greek practices harm migrant children, finds European Committee on Social Rights
The European Committee on Social Rights, which monitors the implementation of the European Social Charter, found that migrant children’s rights were violated by Greece. Following the collective complaint ICJ and ECRE v Greece, developed with the Greek Council for Refugees, the Committee found that accommodation conditions of migrant children, both unaccompanied and in families, violate their rights to shelter and adequate housing, health, and education. Moreover, the lack of adequate long-term accommodation, the failure to appoint guardians and the detention of children under the (now-repealed) Greek practice of ‘protective custody’ violated their right to social, legal and economic protection.