“Palermo Call for Action” for the protection of the rights of refugees and migrant children arriving in the EU

“Palermo Call for Action” for the protection of the rights of refugees and migrant children arriving in the EU

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Protection and care for children during rescue and transfer operations; the need to ban child refugee and migrant children detention; more efforts to step up international protection for every child in fear of being persecuted; the need to tra...

Will the European Commission present an ambitious and comprehensive new child rights strategy for 2015-2020?

Will the European Commission present an ambitious and comprehensive new child rights strategy for 2015-2020?

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The co-chairs of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights MEP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (PPE) and MEP Caterina Chinnici (S&D) have sent, together with group's vice-presidents MEP Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE) , MEP Jean Lamber...

Time to act and deliver on the EU’s Child Rights commitments – Statement by the Intergroup on children’s rights of the European Parliament

Time to act and deliver on the EU’s Child Rights commitments – Statement by the Intergroup on children’s rights of the European Parliament

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  Strasbourg– 30 April 2015   Children are suffering of crisis, conflicts and refugees tragedies in and around Europe.   The Intergroup on children's rights in the European Parliament asks the European Commission to propose actions to f...

Open letter to European Commission: Seeking a successor to the EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child

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Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission B-1048 Brussels cc. First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans cc. European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and...

OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: Realising the Rights of Every Child Everywhere

OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: Realising the Rights of Every Child Everywhere

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Brussels, 9 September 2014 Dear Mr Juncker, The Child Rights Action Group (CRAG) congratulates you on your election as President of the European Commission. CRAG brings toge...