ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ: ΕΞΕΛΙΞΕΙΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΕΔΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

Unaccompanied minors and the dangers they face from the administrative practice Ασυνόδευτοι ανήλικοι και οι κίνδυνοι που αντιμετωπίζουν από τη διοικητική πρακτική Chara Katsigianni Attorney at Law, MΑ, Legal Unit of the Greek Council for Refugees Χαρά Κατσίγιαννη Δικηγόρος, ΜΔΕ, Νομική Υπηρεσία Ελληνικού Συμβουλίου για τους Πρόσφυγες Unaccompanied minors are one of the most vulnerable groups 1 in the migration process. They are exposed to human rights violations both in transit and upon arrival in destination countries. Specifically, in Greece 2 , unaccompanied minors face significant challenges and risks related to reception, guardianship, registration and asylum processing, due to the inherent shortcomings in administrative practice. Such shortcomings make them even more vulnerable, they violate the rights of the child, the principle of 1. Article 14(8) L 4375/2016. 2. University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, Unaccompanied minors in Greece, who can “Save” them? , 6 February 2017, available at: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject- groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2017/02/unaccompanied .