Brussels, 08/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 8 February, the commissioner for human rights at the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, stated his position against the detention of non-accompanied minors illegally residing in Europe. He referred to the situation where every year “thousands of migrant children are placed in detention”. According to the commissioner, despite the shortage of statistical information in Europe, 368 migrant children had been placed in detention in France...