Unaccompanied minors in Switzerland
Author(s): Sylvain Vitté
Source: https://www.coe.int/t/dg3/migration/archives/Source/MalagaRegConf/MG-RCONF_2005_4_Report_Switzerland_en.pdf
Abstract
Regional Conference – “Migration of unaccompanied minors: acting in the best interests of the child”.
Torremolinos, Málaga – Spain, 27-28 October 2005The Swiss authorities first became aware of the presence of unaccompanied minors in the late 1980s, as one of the increasing side-effects of the asylum procedure. Each year, several hundred children apply for refugee status in order to be entitled to settle in Switzerland.