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The situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States. Survey results at a glance
Roma – Europe’s largest minority of 10-12 million people – are victims of racism, discrimination and social exclusion. Of those surveyed in this report, one in three is unemployed, 20 % are not covered by health insurance, and 90 % are living below nation
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Migration and Disaster-Induced Displacement: European Policy, Practice, and Perspective
Over the last decade, a series of devastating natural disasters have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and decimated the built environment across wide regions, shocking the public imagination and garnering unprecedented financial
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Child Abandonment and its Prevention in Europe
Article 7 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly states that every child has “the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents”. When a child is abandoned, this right is violated. Infants and young children are those m
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Children’s rights for all! Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities
This publication provides an overview of the situation of children with intellectual disabilities in 22 European countries, with a particular focus on five areas: protection against abuse, family support and (de-)institutionalisation, health, education, a
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Buffeted in the Borderland- The Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Ukraine
This 124-page Human Rights Watch report is based on interviews with 161 refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers in Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary. It shows that although some conditions in migration detention facilities have improved, Ukraine subjects many
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Unfinished business – EU enlargement and child rights
The report is not a comparative study but is based on information from several sources, primarily the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, NGOs and the EU Commission. The information presented in this report demonstrates that the situation of children
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Slow Progress on the EU-enlargement and Child Rights. EU Commission Regular Reports 1999, 2000, 2001
When Sweden held the EU Presidency in 2001, Save the Children Sweden (SCS) used the opportunity to promote the rights of the child in the framework of three policy priorities: Employment, Enlargement, Environment. SCS has issued two companion reports on t
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The situation of separated children in Central Europe and the Baltic States
The report on the situation of separated children in Central Europe and the Baltic States is a comparison study of 11 country assessments conducted by NGOs and UNHCR from August 2000 to March 2001.Countries involved are: Bulgaria, Croatia, The Czech Repub