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Projected journies of unaccompanied minors: "Young, Illegal and…

- - - - Shipwreck = separation
      - Arrive in Turkey
        
        Life in limbo in Turkish refugee camps
        
        Application for UNHCR settlement
        
        Application for settlement rejected due to lack of official documents
        
        Travel to Greece
        
        Life in limbo in Greek refugee camps
        
        1 more item...
        
        Abusive border guard
        
        2 more items...
        
        Recommended step: Assumption of minor status + communication of this to relevant EU body
        
        1 more item...
        
        Recommended step: assumption of minor status
        
        Receive minor (-18) benefits
- - - - Trafficked into forced labour
        
        Works in transition country
        
        Crosses meditarranean
        
        Spain
        
        Refugee welcome centre
        
        France
        
        1 more item...
        
        Refugee camp
        
        Recommended step: assumption of minor (-18) status
        
        Join crime network
- - - - Enter foster care system
        
        Deportation back to country of origin
        
        Escaping gang violence does not easily allow for refugee status as would an invading army
        
        No provision of lawyers for children
        
        Children not treated as an ethnic group
        
        Recommended step: reform/revisit provision of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) - Current law = children must prove they are dependent upon the state because of “abuse, abandonment, or neglect.”
        
        Enter juvenile court system process
        
        Recommended step: find a solution to the burden placed upon civil society in defending unaccompanied minors in court:
        
        Ex. Legal Aid Justice Center has limited funds for this work
        
        Deportation: likeliness of winning case in Immigration Court an estimated 7%
        
        Protection provided by the state: an estimated 70% chance if child represented by legal counsel
        
        Recommended step: Advertise these types of cases to lawyers/legal counsels; appoint lawyers for children