Unaccompanied/Separated Minors and Refugee Protection in Canada: Filling Information Gaps
This paper fills information gaps with regard to unaccompanied/separated minors in Canada. By the means of reviewing Citizenship and Immigration Canada administrative databases, it investigates how many unaccompanied/separated refugee minors exist, who they are, and how they are received in Canada....
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Veröffentlicht in: | Refuge (Toronto. English edition) 2006-07, Vol.23 (2), p.125-138 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This paper fills information gaps with regard to unaccompanied/separated minors in Canada. By the means of reviewing Citizenship and Immigration Canada administrative databases, it investigates how many unaccompanied/separated refugee minors exist, who they are, and how they are received in Canada. We found that there were fewer truly unaccompanied minors than previously reported. In the asylum stream, only 0.63 per cent (or 1,087) of the total claimant population were found to be unaccompanied by adults in the past five years. In the resettlement stream only two truly unaccompanied minors were resettled during 2003 and 2004. Regarding their socio-demographic characteristics, we found that unaccompanied minors compose a highly heterogeneous group from many different countries.
Regarding how they were received in Canada, very little evidence existed. Our study found that unaccompanied and separated asylum-seeking minors showed a higher acceptancerateandquickerprocessingtimesthantheadultpopulation, but details about the minors’actual reception into Canada remains to be further explored.
This study recommends that Citizenship and Immigration Canada review its administrative databases with a view toward improving the data about separated/unaccompanied children. Consistent and detailed definitions are required to develop a comprehensive policy framework for unaccompanied/separated minor refugees in Canada.
L’article remplit quelques failles d’information relativement aux mineurs séparés/non accompagnés au Canada. En s’appuyant sur l’analyse de bases de données administratives de Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada, l’article se penche sur le nombre réel de réfugiés mineurs séparés/non accompagnés, qui ils sont et comment ils sont accueillis au Canada. Il en résulte un nombre moins élevé de mineurs réellement non accompagnés que le nombre diffusé antérieurement. Parmi le flot de réfugiés, seulement 0,63 pour cent (ou 1 087) de l’ensemble de la population requérante était non accompagné par des adultes au cours des cinq dernières années. Dans l’ensemble des réinstallations, seulement deux mineurs vraiment non accompagnés ont fait l’objet d’une relocalisation en 2003 et 2004. À l’égard de leur particularités socio-démographiques, l’étude a démontré que les mineurs non accompagnés formaient un groupe hautement hétérogène issu de nombreux pays différents. s
Il existe peu de traces de la façon dont ils ont été accueillis au Canada. L’étude révèle que les demandes d’asi |
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ISSN: | 0229-5113 1920-7336 |
DOI: | 10.25071/1920-7336.21360 |