Question 19046 — children

Summary

Mr. Christophe Arend draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the saturation situation experienced by the departments regarding the care of unaccompanied minors. The number of unaccompanied foreign minors, known as “unaccompanied minors”, is increasing significantly. In Meurthe-et-Moselle, the number of unaccompanied minor files increased from 94 in 2014, to 328 in 2016 and finally 577 in 2017. This increase weighs very heavily on the departments administratively, socially and financially. The structures are saturated. The staff is overwhelmed. This strain on the departments constitutes a major obstacle in the execution of their missions relating to social assistance to children and seriously penalizes these children in distress. For example, in Lorraine, the overwhelmed Vosges departmental council sent these minors towards Châlons-en-Champagne, where they were finally refused, then taken back to Epinal. These young people then risk finding themselves without accommodation or support, left to their own devices. The current distribution key for unaccompanied minors does not take into account the various situations of the departments (human resources, finances, existing skills), nor those of the individual situations of each child in order to guarantee them decent reception and security conditions at the time of their life when they are being built. He asks how the Government intends to facilitate the accomplishment of missions relating to social assistance for children in the departments.

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