Unaccompanied children in European migration and asylum practices: in whose best interests?

Introduction : unaccompanied minor migrants in Europe : between compassion and repression / Barbara Gornik, Mateja Sedmak and Birgit Sauer -- At the crossroads of power relations : the Covention of the Rights of the Child and unaccompanied minor migrants / Barbara Gornik -- The best interests of unaccompanied and separated children : a normative framework based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Jyothi Kanics -- Methodology for the assessment of the best interests of the child for recently arrived unaccompanied refugee minors / Carla Van Os, Elianne Zijlstra, Erik J. Knorth, Wendy Post and Margrite Kalverboer -- Asylum experiences in Austria from the perspective of unaccompanied minors : best interests of the child in rception procedures and everyday life / Ayșe Dursun and Birgit Sauer -- 'Not our children' : unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Slovenia / Mateja Sedmak, Blaž Lenarčič̌, Zorana Medarić and Tjaš Žakelj -- Coping strategies of unaccompanied minors lacking protection within te French context : the key role of political and civil society mobilisation / Corentin Bailleul -- Surely not! Procedurally lawful age assessments in the UK / Marie-Bénédocte Dembour

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Author biographies -- 1 Introduction - Unaccompanied minor migrants in Europe: between compassion and repression -- 2 At the crossroads of power relations: the Convention of the Rights of the Child and unaccompanied minor migrants -- 3 The best interests of unaccompanied and separated children: a normative framework based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 4 Methodology for the assessment of the best interests of the child for recently arrived unaccompanied refugee minors -- 5 Asylum experiences in Austria from the perspective of unaccompanied minors: best interests of the child in reception procedures and everyday life -- 6 'Not our children': unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Slovenia -- 7 Coping strategies of unaccompanied minors lacking protection within the French context: the key role of political and civil society mobilisation -- 8 Surely not! Procedurally lawful age assessments in the UK -- Index