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Ending Child Immigration Detention<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Every day, all around the world, millions of children and young people are affected by immigration detention. Whether detained themselves or implicated by the detention of their parents or guardians, children and young people are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Children that are unaccompanied or separated from their parents or guardians are often unable to advocate for their fundamental human rights. States detain children migrants for a number of reasons, such as health and security screening, to verify their identities, or to facilitate their removal from the territory. Regardless of the reason for detention or the conditions in which children are held, a number of studies have shown that detention has a profound and negative impact on child health and development. Given the detrimental effects that detention and family separation have been shown to have on children, the Committee on the Rights of the Child has found that the detention of a child because of their or their parents’ migration status constitutes a child rights violation and always contravenes the principles of the best interests of the child. The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families affirmed this view in its general comment No. 2 (CMW\/C\/GC\/2) stating that States parties should always give priority to alternatives to administrative detention where children and families are concerned as administrative detention often has dire consequences for children.<\/p>\n

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