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and no longer detained and that best interests determination procedures are initiated
to define how to best address the child’s immediate and long-term needs. This should
include the appointment of legal custodians and the provision of comprehensive
information to minors on their return prospects. The Committee encourages the State
party to ensure that the Border Police do not detain unaccompanied minors and, in
this regard, seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees. It also urges the State party to ensure that asylumseeking and refugee children have access to education. It further recommends that the
State party takes into account its general comment No. 6 (CRC/GC/2005/6).
Children in situations of migration
74.
The Committee expresses concern about the physical, psychological and social
impact that massive labour migrations have on the rights and well-being of children and the
preservation of the family unit.
75.
The Committee recommends that the State party study the impact of migration
on children as previously recommended by the Committee on Migrant Workers
(CMW/C/ALB/CO/1, para. 38, 2010) and to provide children with all the necessary
social services for them to fully enjoy their rights under the Convention.
Children belonging to minority groups
76.
The Committee notes with concern the weak implementation of the various
programmes and strategies for Roma, owing mainly to inadequate allocation of resources
and the insufficient coordination between institutions involved at central and local levels.
The Committee is also concerned that Egyptians are not recognized as a minority in the
State party and that Egyptian children might therefore not be entitled to the special
protection measures for vulnerable groups of children.
77.
The Committee urges the State party to further strengthen and implement its
various programmes and strategies for Roma children, in particular by further
allocating human and financial resources. The Committee also recommends that the
State party amend its National Strategy to Improve Living Conditions of the Roma
Minority and take active measures specifically aiming at preventing and combating
discrimination and marginalization of Roma children. The Committee further
recommends that the State party recognizes the Egyptian minority, in order to
guarantee special protection measures to which their children are entitled.
Economic exploitation, including child labour
78.
The Committee is deeply concerned about the large number of children subjected to
economic exploitation in the State party and, in particular, those involved in hazardous
occupations, such as agriculture, domestic work and illegal activities. The Committee also
notes with concern:
(a)
The weak capacity of the labour inspectorate to detect the worst forms of
child labour; and
(b)
The grave incident affecting a large number of children between 12 and 17
years of the explosion of a factory in the village of Gërdec on 15 March 2008, where they
were illegally working to dismantle ammunition.
79.
The Committee urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to eradicate child
labour, particularly in its worst forms, by addressing the root causes of economic
exploitation through poverty eradication and education. In particular, the Committee
urges the State party to:
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