Accompanied and separated migrant children. The invisible reality of accompanied migrant children that arrive to the spanish southern border

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Cristina Manzanedo Negueruela

In 2018, 755 African children arrived by boat to Spanish coasts accompanied by adults (mostly women) who claimed to have a maternal-paternal relationship with the child or to be their relatives. Spain tests DNA to check the maternal-paternal link and proceeds to the automatic separation of those who claim to be relatives (non-parents) of the child. Separation is also automatic in cases where the DNA result is negative, if women are still in Spain. They often abandon the reception centers within a few days of their arrival, without anyone ever knowing anything about them or the minors. The ÖDOS project works to improve the protection of these minors.

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Migrant children, Mediterranean arrivals, children protection.

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Manzanedo Negueruela, Cristina. “Accompanied and separated migrant children. The invisible reality of accompanied migrant children that arrive to the spanish southern border”. Crítica penal y poder: una publicación del Observatorio del Sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos, no. 18, pp. 260-6, https://raco.cat/index.php/CPyP/article/view/363718.
Author Biography

Cristina Manzanedo Negueruela, Proyecto Ödos

Abogada. Proyecto Ödos.