HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR VULNERABLE ASYLUM APPLICANTS

XVII Contents Preamble .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. V Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... VII Short CVs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ XI List of Abbreviations & Acronyms ....................................................................................................................................... XIII Human Rights and International Protection for vulnerable asylumapplicants: challenges and perspectives, Banti-Markouti, V. & Sounoglou, M. (Eds.) ......................... XXIII Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. XXIII Structure of the book ..................................................................................................................................................................... XXIV – PART 1 – The Portuguese asylum application process for the unaccompaniedminors, Venetikidou Aikaterini ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Abstract ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Theoretical Framework ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1. Unaccompanied minors and Asylum ......................................................................................................................... 3 2.2. Studies on the Asylum Procedure for UAM in Portugal ......................................................................... 4 3. Legal Framework ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.1. Unaccompanied Minors in Portugal ........................................................................................................................... 6 3.2. Research Context: Relocation Programme of unaccompanied children from Greece ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 4. Asylum Application Process for Unaccompanied Minors ............................................................. 12 4.1. Guidance by International Organizations and EU Agencies ......................................................... 12 4.2. Portuguese Legal Framework ......................................................................................................................................... 14 5. Research .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 5.1. Research Objectives ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 5.2. Research Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 17