Question 12681 — children

Summary

Mr. Jean-François Coulomme draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, responsible for children, to the situation of nearly 400 young people, claiming to be minors and isolated, forced to submit an application for asylum as adults and therefore renounce the protection guaranteed to unaccompanied minors (UMA) in terms of accommodation. The MP was questioned on this case by lawyers, jurists and associative actors in the following terms: "On October 19, 2023, the prefecture of the Île-de-France region initiated a large-scale operation aimed at sheltering approximately 430 young people claiming to be minors and isolated in France and being in the process of proceedings before the children's judge of Paris, Créteil, Bobigny or Évry in order to be taken care of by the child welfare service of the territorially competent department, in accordance with the provisions of the article 375 et seq. of the civil code. As part of this shelter operation, only young people who were able to demonstrate ongoing proceedings before the children's judge, by presenting their civil status documents, a request or a summons were authorized to board the buses bound for the reception and administrative situation examination centers (CAES). They nevertheless received, for almost all of them, summons to the police headquarters for October 25 and 26, 2023, in order to submit an application for a residence permit as an adult. On October 25, 2023, lawyers present on site at the prefecture were able to speak with one of the department heads. They were told that all of the young people summoned were considered adults by the city of Paris, in charge of their census, which is why they had been summoned for submit an application for a residence permit. No fingerprints were therefore taken today, the young people maintaining their desire to be recognized as minors and to continue their individual proceedings before the children's judge. However, on October 31, 2023, young people accommodated under this emergency system were notified by the territorial management of the French Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII) of a decision to exit from the CAES motivated by their absence from the one-stop shop for asylum seekers in Paris on October 25 and 26, 2023 and by the fact that they were therefore not eligible for asylum treatment. They were given a period of two days from notification of this decision to leave the accommodation structure.” Like the lawyers, jurists and volunteers who questioned him, the MP can only warn in turn about this situation leading to more than 400 unaccompanied minors on the street, in the middle of the winter break. He wishes to remind the State of its duties in terms of sheltering unaccompanied minors, including during their appeal for recognition of minority status. It is the responsibility of the department prefect to ensure their protection and to rely on the principle of presumption of minority provided for by international law. He him therefore asks what measures will be taken to guarantee the right of these young people to assert their minority status and to ensure their protection, including in terms of accommodation.

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