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2018/2666(RSP) Resolution on the protection of children in migration

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5

Events

2018/09/21
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2018)482
2018/05/03
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2018/05/03
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of children in migration.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL groups.

According to UNICEF, there are an estimated 5.4 million migrant children living in Europe. Almost half of those who arrived in recent years were unaccompanied or separated children. The majority of Member States neither provide nor systematically collect data on children in immigration detention. Moreover, the lack of reliable information, and lengthy family reunification and guardian appointment procedures, together with the fear of being detained, sent back or transferred, is resulting in children absconding, leaving them exposed them to trafficking, violence and exploitation.

The resolution underlined the fact that all children, irrespective of their migration or refugee status, are first and foremost entitled to all the rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Commission should assist Member States in adopting and properly implementing a holistic rights-based approach in all child-related policies.

Member States are urged to:

implement the principle of the best interests of the child for all decisions concerning children, regardless of their status; speed up procedures for appointing guardians or temporary guardians for unaccompanied children upon their arrival; ensure that all children have access to child protection officers upon their arrival, including in hotspots and facilities hosting children and at border-entry points; guarantee that everyone, and unaccompanied children in particular, has access to dignified accommodation, healthcare, formal and inclusive education under the same conditions as national children; build capacity and allocate adequate resources for the reception of migrant children, in particular unaccompanied children; allocate adequate and continued funding and support to local and regional authorities, and to ensure access to European funding, such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF); proceed with all pending family reunification procedures without further delay; urgently invest in psychological and psychiatric support and rehabilitation for the purposes of addressing children’s mental health issues; step up efforts and cross-border cooperation among law-enforcement and child-protection authorities to find and protect missing children; step up efforts to jointly tackle various forms of organised crime, including child trafficking, to combat impunity, and to ensure that the perpetrators of such crimes, be they EU or non-EU nationals, are swiftly prosecuted.

Emphasising that children must not be detained for immigration purposes , Member States are called on to accommodate all children and families with children in non-custodial, community-based placements while their immigration status is processed. Unaccompanied children should be hosted in separate facilities from adults in order to avoid any risk of violence and sexual abuse.

Members also stressed that the creation of new safe and legal routes would enable the Union and the Member States to better address protection needs, particularly for children, and to undermine the business model of smugglers.

They underlined the importance of establishing a robust identification and registration system based on the best interests of the child, in order to ensure that children enter and stay in national protection systems, with a child-focused approach throughout the entire procedure. Member States shall not use coercion for the purposes of taking children’s biometric data and they shall ensure that all actors working with children must not have a verified criminal record, especially with regard to any child-related crimes or offences.

Documents
T8-0201/2018
2018/05/03
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2018/05/02
   EP - Oral question/interpellation by Parliament
Documents
B8-0016/2018
2018/05/02
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B8-0218/2018
2018/05/02
   EP - Debate in Parliament

Documents

Activities

Votes

B8-0218/2018 - am 2 03/05/2018 11:46:26.000 #

2018/05/03 Outcome: +: 343, -: 287, 0: 22
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45
58
87
18
19
9
18
12
24
18
5
6
11
28
10
9
17
1
6
6
15
5
8
64
13
58
17
16
47
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159

Spain S&D

12

Italy S&D

20

Germany S&D

24

Sweden S&D

5

Belgium S&D

4

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Portugal S&D

7

Finland S&D

2

Netherlands S&D

3

Greece S&D

3

Cyprus S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Romania S&D

Abstain (1)

Maria GRAPINI
13

Denmark S&D

2

Croatia S&D

2

Austria S&D

5

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Latvia S&D

1

Bulgaria S&D

4

Malta S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Tanja FAJON
1

France S&D

12

Slovakia S&D

4

United Kingdom S&D

17

Czechia S&D

Against (1)

Jan KELLER

Abstain (1)

Pavel POC
2

Hungary S&D

Abstain (1)

István UJHELYI
3

Poland S&D

5
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60

Spain ALDE

8

Germany ALDE

4

Sweden ALDE

3

Belgium ALDE

5

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Portugal ALDE

1

Finland ALDE

Abstain (1)

Paavo VÄYRYNEN
3

Netherlands ALDE

6

Estonia ALDE

3

Lithuania ALDE

Abstain (1)

Valentinas MAZURONIS
3

Romania ALDE

For (1)

Norica NICOLAI
1

Denmark ALDE

For (1)

Morten PETERSEN

Against (1)

Morten LØKKEGAARD
2

Croatia ALDE

2

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Latvia ALDE

1

Bulgaria ALDE

3

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

France ALDE

6

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Czechia ALDE

4
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52

Spain Verts/ALE

5

Italy Verts/ALE

For (1)

Marco AFFRONTE
1

Germany Verts/ALE

13

Sweden Verts/ALE

4

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

France Verts/ALE

6

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

6

Hungary Verts/ALE

2
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41

Spain GUE/NGL

7

Italy GUE/NGL

3

Germany GUE/NGL

6

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Ireland GUE/NGL

4

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Greece GUE/NGL

5

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

France GUE/NGL

3

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Czechia GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Jaromír KOHLÍČEK
1
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37

Italy EFDD

Abstain (1)

Giulia MOI
13

Germany EFDD

Against (1)

Jörg MEUTHEN
1

Sweden EFDD

2

Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

France EFDD

Against (1)

Aymeric CHAUPRADE

Abstain (1)

Joëlle BERGERON
4

United Kingdom EFDD

Abstain (1)

Jonathan ARNOTT
14

Czechia EFDD

Against (1)

Jiří PAYNE
1

Poland EFDD

1
icon: NI NI
17

Germany NI

1

Greece NI

5

Denmark NI

1

NI

For (1)

David BORRELLI
1

France NI

Against (1)

Bruno GOLLNISCH
1

United Kingdom NI

3

Hungary NI

2

Poland NI

Abstain (1)

Dobromir SOŚNIERZ
3
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30

Italy ENF

6

Germany ENF

Against (1)

Marcus PRETZELL
1

Belgium ENF

Abstain (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Netherlands ENF

3

Austria ENF

3

France ENF

14

Poland ENF

2
icon: ECR ECR
61

Italy ECR

2

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

Bernd LUCKE
5

Belgium ECR

3

Finland ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

2

Greece ECR

For (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

Cyprus ECR

Abstain (1)

Eleni THEOCHAROUS
1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Romania ECR

Against (1)

Monica MACOVEI
1

Denmark ECR

2

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

3

United Kingdom ECR

15

Czechia ECR

2

Poland ECR

17
icon: PPE PPE
193

Spain PPE

13

Italy PPE

13

Germany PPE

32

Sweden PPE

Against (1)

Lars ADAKTUSSON
3

Belgium PPE

For (1)

Claude ROLIN

Abstain (1)

Pascal ARIMONT
4

Ireland PPE

3

Portugal PPE

Abstain (1)

Carlos COELHO
7

Finland PPE

Against (1)

Henna VIRKKUNEN
3

Netherlands PPE

5

Greece PPE

4

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Cyprus PPE

Against (1)

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
1

Lithuania PPE

3

Romania PPE

Abstain (1)

Cristian Dan PREDA
13

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Croatia PPE

3

Austria PPE

5

Luxembourg PPE

3

Latvia PPE

2

Bulgaria PPE

6

Malta PPE

3

Slovenia PPE

5

France PPE

For (1)

Tokia SAÏFI
18

Slovakia PPE

For (1)

József NAGY
6

United Kingdom PPE

For (1)

Julie GIRLING
1

Czechia PPE

7

Hungary PPE

9

Poland PPE

19

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    • date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20180502&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
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