Family Reunification of Unaccompanied Foreign Children UFC

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Family Reunification of Unaccompanied Foreign
Children (UFC)
Existing Practice, Good Practice

• Representation of Group n. 3Belgium, France,
  Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands,Statutory
  Services and NGOs Save The Children, IOM, La Voix
  De LEnfant, Trafficked Persons

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Existing Practice Tracing

• Outlined Ideal and Reality for Tracing
• Identified Good Practice Cooperation between
  NGOs, Social Services and Justice within our
  countries and countries of originEasy
  Countries cooperation happensHard Countries
  significant challenge

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Existing Practice Voice of Child

• Consultation with child and/or impartial
  representative
• Reality
• not whether child wants to stay or go but has to
  prove risk in country of origin
• too young and/or too scared for this to work
• significant variations depending on reason for
  being in our country such as Trafficking,
  Political or Economic reasons

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General Good Practice

• Harmonisation of Criteria for
• Tracing of families in country of origin
• Reunification prerequisites
• Monitoring Requirements
• European Network
• NGOs and statutory for efficiencies
• Common Service Level Agreements including funding
• Birth Registration independent of Citizenship