INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The migration of unaccompanied minors in Europe Poitiers - France 10th - 11th October 2007

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1st Part The care systems regarding unaccompanied migrant children in Europe
	Panel I - The situation and treatment of unaccompanied children in South Europe
	Chair: William Berthomière. Migrinter.
	Nadio A. La Gamba Director of CPIM (First Reception Centre in Rome) & Honorary Judge at Minor’s Court, Lazio. Italy. 'Les parcours d'assistance et d'intégration sociale des mineurs non accompagnés en Italie' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Isabel Lázaro González Lecturer University of Comillas, Madrid. Spain. 'La aventura de los adolescentes africanos en España: La respuesta del derecho español' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Bénédicte Masson University of Paris XI-Sud. France. 'La situation et le traitement des mineurs isoles etrangers (MIE) en France' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Panel II - Who advocates the rights of unaccompanied children in Europe?
	Chair: Olivier Clochard. Migrinter.
	Lise Bruun Coordinateur Separated Children in Europe Programme, Save the Children. Denmark. 'Good practice guidelines on guardianship to ensure protection of the bests interests of separated children' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Céline Dermine Barrister at the bar in Nivelles. Belgium. Charlotte van Zeebroeck Coordinateur of the Platform Mineurs en Exil. Belgium. 'Les bonnes pratiques basees sur l'Observation Generale Nº6 (2005) du Comite des Droits de l'Enfant - le cas de la Belgique' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Parallel Workshops - The treatment of unaccompanied asylum seeking migrant minors in Europe
	Workshop 1 : THE FRENCH CASE
	Facilitor: Carlo Giordano. University of Toulouse- Le Mirail.
	Emilie Duvivier PhD candidate University of Lille. France. 'Du " Temps du deplacement " au " Temps de l'institution " : Analyse des trajectoires migratoires d'un groupe de mineurs isoles pris en charge dans un foyer socieducatif de la metropole Lilloise' Paper [pdf]
	Pierre Kamdem PhD in Geography, University of Paris XIII. France. 'Mobilite d'enfants isoles d'origine Camerounaise en ile de France : Des pratiques traditionnelles locales aux mutations en migration' Paper [pdf]
	Sarah Place PhD candidate University of Rouen. France. 'Les strategies des educateurs face au paradoxe, l'exemple de la prise en charge educative et sociale des mineurs isoles etrangers. Perte ou quete de sens?' Paper [pdf]
	Workshop 2 : THE SPANISH CASE
	Facilitor: Naik Miret. Migrinter.
	Fermín Barcelo Children’s Service Coordinateur at Omdbusdman for Children, Basque Country. Spain. María Luisa Setién Head of Migrations Research Team, University of Deusto. Spain. 'La atención a los menores inmigrantes no acompañados en el País Vasco. Modelos de intervención y luces y sombras del sistema de acogida' Paper [pdf]
	Nuria Empez Vidal & Vicenç Galea I Montero PhD candidate Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & DRARI network. Spain. 'Menores no acompañados, de Marruecos a Barcelona. Repaso histórico y la situación actual de los menores que migran solos (2007)' Paper [pdf]
	Sonia García Vázquez Lecturer University of A Coruña. Spain. 'La desprotección de los desamparados: Régimen jurídico de los menores extranjeros no acompañados en España' Paper [pdf]
	Workshop 3 : THE ENGLISH CASE
	Facilitor: Nick Mai. London Metropolitan University.
	Clotilde Giner PhD candidate, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick. United Kingdom. 'Contesting boundaries around age, agency and asylum: The case of unaccompanied minors in England' Paper [pdf]
	Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett Lecturer in Social Work, University of Wales, Swansea. United Kingdom. 'Unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK: The recpetion, support and policy responses' Paper [pdf]
	Helen Connolly & Isabella McMurray University of Bedfordshire. United Kingdom. 'Hear me!: A participatory project exploring how unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the United Kingdom conceptualise their experiences next to the provisions of the CRC' Paper [pdf]
	Workshop 4 : THE AUSTRIAN, GREEK AND IRISH CASES
	Facilitor: Kristina Touzenis. University of Trieste.
	Muireann ni Raghallaigh Lecturer Trinity College Dublin. Ireland. 'Negotiating changed contexts and challenging circumstances: The experiences of unaccompanied minors living in Ireland' Paper [pdf]
	Margit Pollheimer Don Bosco Refugee Association. Austria. 'Unaccompanied minors in Austria: The system of care and examples & illustrations of everyday work with unaccompanied minors' Paper [pdf]
	Maria Rapti University of Ioannina. Greece. 'Unaccompanied minors at "High risk" in Greece' Paper [pdf]
	Panel III - International protection of unaccompanied children in the EU territory
	Chair: Cristina Gortázar Rotaeche. Head of Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones, Universidad de Comillas de Madrid.
	Antonia Durán Ayago Lecturer in International Law, University of Salamanca. Spain. 'La doble condición de menor y extranjero. De la necesidad de un tratamiento comunitario inspirado en el principio del interés superior del menor' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Ruth Farrugia Advocate & Senior Lecturer, University of Malta. Malta. 'Challenges to EU policy on unaccompanied minors: The case of Mubilanzila Mayeka and Kaniki Mitunga V Belgium' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Kristina Touzenis University of Trieste. Italy. 'The Eu-Legal response to and protection of unaccompanied minors in the context of the CRC' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Plenary conference: What is the situation of unaccompanied children beyond the European boundaries?
	Facilitor: Daniel Senovilla Hernández. IJJO / Migrinter.
	Jacqueline Bhabha Executive Director Committee on Human Rights Studies, Harvard University. United States. 'Too much disappointing: The quest for protection by unaccompanied migrant children outside Europe' Paper [pdf]    Video
2nd Part Unaccompanied & Unprotected children in Europe
	Panel IV - Unaccompanied minors victims of trafficking and/or exploitation
	Chair: Daja Wenke. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre - Florence, Italie.
	Margot Cloer Director of Minor-Ndako Reception Centre. Belgium. Ilse Derluyn Doctor in Orthopedagogics, Ghent University. Belgium. 'Unaccompanied minor victims of trafficking and exploitation in Belgium: Focus on the emotional behaviour problems, how to deal with the situation' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Anne Daguerre Senior Research Fellow, Middlesex University. United Kingdom. 'Whose problem? Addressing child trafficking in France and Britain' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Panel V - Why unaccompanied children are leaving & disappearing from the care facilities?
	Chair: Cédric Foussard. Head of IJJO.
	Regis Bigot Head of Division at CREDOC. France. 'Le parcours d'une centaine de mineurs isoles roumains suivis par l'Association Hors la rue et pris en charge par l'aide sociale a l'enfance de Paris' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Monia Giovanetti University of Bologne. Italy. 'Parcours d'inclusion et exclusion des mineurs immigrés non accompagnés en Italie' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Marie Claire Vallaud University of Evry. France. 'Pourquoi les mineurs isoles etrangers fuguent-ils des foyers d'accueil français ? une tentative d'approche constructive du phenomene' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Parallel Workshops - The fate of unaccompanied & unprotected children in Europe
	Workshop 1 : THE PROTECTION OR EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN UNDER KAFALA
	Facilitor: Chadia Arab. University of Caen & Migrinter.
	Emilie Barraud Ph.D. candidate University of Aix-Marseille. France. 'Les multiples usages sociaux de la Kafala en situation de migration : Protection et non protection des mineurs recueillis' Paper [pdf]
	Fabienne Messica & Carole Younes ACSE Etude. France. 'La situation des enfants mineurs legalement recueillis par acte Kafala dans l'agglomeration de Limoges' Paper [pdf]
	Workshop 2 : UNPROTECTED CHILDREN IN SPAIN
	Facilitor: Ignacio V. Mayoral. Diagrama Foundation, Spain.
	Ainhoa Rodríguez García de Cortazar Childhood Observatory, Junta de Andalucía. Spain. 'Reacciones y relaciones de menores y jóvenes marroquíes ante la protección y la exclusión' Paper [pdf]
	María Auxiliadora Trujillo & María Luz Morante SEPISE, University of Granada. Spain. 'Las niñas y adolescentes que emigran solas a España. Las influencias o determinaciones derivadas de su condición de mujeres' Paper [pdf]
	Josefa Vázquez Murillo Head of Service Children and Family Division- Junta de Andalucía. Spain. 'Los menores extranjeros no acompañados en Andalucía' Paper [pdf]
	Workshop 3 : THE FATE OF UNACCOMPANIED & UNPROTECTED CHILDREN?
	Facilitor: Jyothi Kanics. Irish Refugee Council.
	Daniela Ercolani Advisor DG Social Cohesion Council of Europe. Italy. 'An increase of prostitution among romanian minors in Rome' Paper [pdf]
3rd Part The contexts of origin of children in migration and potential migrants
	Panel VI - The state of childhood in the main countries of origin of children in migration
	Chair: Michelle Guillon. Co-director of Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales.
	Mercedes Jiménez Colectivo Al-Jaima (Morocco). Spain. 'Una mirada transnacional: Contextos migratorios en Marruecos de los menores migrantes e intervención en origen' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Aida Orgocka Deputy Director “Partnere per Femijet” & University of Tirana. Albania. 'Child international migration in the rural northeast Albania from children's perspective' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Shahin Yaqub UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Italy. 'Factors at origin: Assessing the risks in children's independent migration' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Panel VII - Profils, projets et parcours migratoires des enfants non accompagnés migrants et migrants potentiels
	Chair: Antoine Pecoud. UNESCO, Paris.
	Angelina Etiemble University of Rennes. France. 'Parcours migratoires des mineurs isoles etrangers, categorisation et traitement social de leur situation en France' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Rekha Menon Consultant at UNHCR European Bureau. United Kingdom. 'Profiling of unaccompanied and separated children seeking asylum in Europe' Paper [pdf]
	Jean Claude Nicolle Head of LAO- Lieu d’accueil et orientation pour les mineurs isolés- Red Cross France. France. 'Les mineurs isolés étrangers de l'aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle. Le rôle du lieu d'accueil de la Croix-Rouge dans le parcours de ces mineurs' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Francesco Vacchiano Ph.D candidate University of Torino & Centre Frantz Fanon for immigrants’ mental health. Italy. 'Fi Lghorba Kebrit: Images et parcours des mineurs migrants entre Maroc et Italie' Paper [pdf]    Video
	Conclusion
	Jyothi Kanics Irish Refugee Council. Ireland. 'Brief concluding remarks' Paper [pdf]    Video

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