PROTECTION OF UNACCOMPANIED AND SEPARATED REFUGEE/MIGRANT CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA – PROPOSALS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT BASED ON THE PRACTICE INSIGHTS
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Unaccompanied and separated refugeee/migrant children, international protection, social protection, family law protection, guardianship, accommodation, durable solutionsAbstract
The protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee/migrant children has priority over other procedures in the asylum system and the social and family law protection of the migrant population in Serbia. The aim of this paper is to establish the main problems and proposals for possible improvements in the protection. Insights from practice are based on the direct participation of the author in the international, social and family law protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee/migrant children in Serbia. The paper identifies main actors and the way of functioning of the protection system, with special emphasis on the main problems of the system. The proposals for the improvement of protection are based on direct practical insights into the problems in the protection procedure which were confirmed in many individual cases.
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