Caritas: defend child migrants

November 20, 2014

A quarter century after the adoption of an international treaty on children’s rights, Caritas has called for greater protection of the rights of child migrants.

Martina Liebsch, head of advocacy of the Church’s federation of relief and development agencies, noted that child migrants are “particularly vulnerable to abuse” and said that governments must do more to protect them.

 

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Further information:

• Defend the rights of child migrants (Caritas Internationalis)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (Wikipedia)