Brussels, 08/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 8 March, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HWR) published a new report criticising France for to detaining as many as 500 children who arrive in the country alone each year in transit zones at the borders, “where they are denied the protection and due process rights afforded other unaccompanied children on French territory”.
In a press release, the HWR states that “any unaccompanied child who arrives in France should be admitted to the...