FRA’s report “Relocation of unaccompanied children: applying good practices to future schemes” highlights the challenges and good practices gathered in the implementation of different mandatory and voluntary relocation programmes since 2015.
The report focuses on key steps of the relocation procedure from the moment a child is identified for relocation to the child’s integration in the Member State of destination.
Based on FRA’s desk research and over 45 interviews with 72 representatives from national authorities, European institutions, international organisations and civil society organisations, the Agency calls on the EU and its Member States to consider the following four measures:
Background information:
FRA conducted the interviews between November 2019 and March 2020 in 10 EU Member States: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal.