CHILDREN ON THE MOVE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4.1.4 The Southern Route................................................................................ 63
4.2 Routes Through the West and Central
Africa Into North Africa............................................................................ 64
4.3
The West Africa Route............................................................................ 68
CHAPTER 5 CHALLENGES FACED BY
CHILDREN ON THE MOVE IN AFRICA.......................................... 70
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.11
5.12
5.13
5.14
5.15
Discrimination.......................................................................................... 70
Loss of Identity, Name and Nationality.................................................... 70
Lack of Access to Education and Economic
Opportunities........................................................................................... 72
Child Labor.............................................................................................. 73
Child Abuse and Torture............................................................................74
Sexual Exploitation.................................................................................. 75
Trafficking, Smuggling and Exploitation.................................................... 75
Deprivation of Liberty, Arbitrary Detention and
Forced Deportation.................................................................................. 77
Lack of Access to Health and Health Services........................................ 79
Limited Access to Justice........................................................................ 80
Neglect and Violence............................................................................... 81
Violation of the Right to a Family, Parental Care
and Protection......................................................................................... 82
Drug Abuse.............................................................................................. 83
Radicalization and Violent Extremism...................................................... 84
Inaccessibility of Sexual Reproductive Health
Services................................................................................................... 84
CHAPTER 6 THE POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL
CONTEXT PROTECTING CHILDREN ON THE MOVE.................... 86
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
Legal and Institutional Challenges...........................................................86
Lack of Regional Coordination may Result in
Additional Abuses....................................................................................87
Lack of Documentation, Data and Statistics of
Children on the Move..............................................................................88
Policy Blind-Spots....................................................................................89
CHAPTER 7 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS..................... 91
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
Policy and other Measures by Member States....................................... 91
Reporting................................................................................................. 92
Coordination............................................................................................ 92
Data......................................................................................................... 92
CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION.............................................................93
References......................................................................................94