Unaccompanied children in Greece had to be rescued to Sweden

On april 15, was Luxembourg the first european country to welcome asylum-seeking children, twelve girls and boys from the islands.

And, on 16 april arrived in the 47 children in Germany.

of These children, was one of the first to be subject to a EUROPEAN union plan to shift the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from the overcrowded, dangerous camp, to the security of the country.

If the plan is working, at least 1 out of 600 children in need of protection to be offered a new lease of life.

the Government has said ' no '
the EUROPEAN union commissioner for political offices, has called on all member states to adhere to the plan and their responsibilities.

in the Eleven EU countries have so far pledged to take in. Finland is prepared to accept 100 kids. Portugal recently promised to host as many as 500.

But Sweden is not one of them.

the Government has so far refused to accept any of them.

the Government would certainly agree with you that no child should be without health care, or care in a refugee camp.
Living in shipping containers
However, for several years, have been made when the hundreds of children who have left their home countries because of violence, armed conflict, discrimination, and poverty, have been forced to try to survive in the inhuman conditions in the islands.

Hundreds of unaccompanied minors are stuck on the islands.

this is A small fraction of that is in the so-called "safe areas", where they live in shipping containers that often have no doors or locks, and without it most of the time, which is considered to be of a decent standard of living.

The vast majority of children are living in inhuman and degrading conditions in the informal settlements that stretch far beyond the world of official installations, and so on.

a number of other countries have shown that it is politically and legally possible,

for Many, is sleeping outdoors, without any protection at all.

The fighting, in order to gain access to food, water, toilets, and showers.

Among them, there are children who suffer from complex, chronic medical conditions, as they are not able to get treatment in the islands.

They are vulnerable and are at increased risk for infection of the covid-19.

the Children's fate is the result of a collective failure to address the situation of asylum-seekers and migrants who are stuck in the Greek islands, then in 2016.

Scared, alone, and sick kids
the EUROPEAN union's member states to agree on a long-term, and long-term-sustainable system of distribution of asylum-seekers, and there is a sense of urgency.

Until such a system is in place, it must also be of a temporary nature, an urgent need to be done in order to save the lonely and the sick children from the terrible conditions they are now living in.

To take part in the redistribution of the children after a year of humanitarian disaster in the islands, not only show solidarity with Greece and other EU countries, it will also ensure that the children are given the protection to which they are entitled.

If the each of the EUROPEAN countries only to take care of a small number of, that would be a major change for the majority of the unaccompanied minors caught at the islands.

a number of other countries has shown that this is politically and legally possible.

the Common failure of the
finally, it is about ensuring the child's fundamental rights, enshrined in international agreements such as the UN children's convention and the EU charter of rights.

the Child has the right to the highest attainable standard of health and to the protection and care necessary for their well-being, rights that are being violated each and every day, and so on.

" In all actions concerning children, the child's best interests be a primary consideration.

the Situation on the islands is the result of a single failure at the EUROPEAN level, the member states must therefore take joint responsibility and to ensure that the rights of children come first.

in Sweden should be to choose the right path, and join the countries that have promised to take the children from the camps in italy. < / span> < / span>

the Secretary-general of Amnesty international Sweden.

the Secretary-general of Doctors Without Borders.



sweden director, Human Rights Watch, < / span>

the Secretary-general of Save the Children.

the Secretary-general of the Swedish red cross.

the Secretary-general of the English church.

the Secretary-general of Unicef Sweden < / span>

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