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process of the new Foster Care Law defining modalities of education and accommodation for
foreigners who are also unaccompanied minors. However, the Committee remains concerned
that:
(a)
Special care and protection are not accorded to all asylum-seekers, particularly
those in the 15 to 18-year age group and that children aged under 15 may be placed in diagnostic
institutions which are not equipped to provide the special care these children require;
(b)
periods;
(c)
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Children may be placed in detention facilities for foreigners for prolonged
Compulsory school attendance is not always observed.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Guarantee special protection and care to all child asylum-seekers with
respect to their special needs, including those in the 15 to 18-year age group;
(b)
Avoid any form of detention of asylum-seekers under 18 years of age;
(c)
Facilitate access of children to legal and psychological assistance, including
by enabling contact with NGOs offering such assistance;
(d)
Pursue implementation of the new foster care modalities contemplated by
the 2002 legislation.
Economic exploitation
58.
The Committee welcomes the ratification by the State party of ILO Convention No. 182
concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of
Child Labour. The Committee notes with concern that ILO Convention No. 138 remains
unratified, that there are no programmes or activities for the prevention and protection of
children against economic exploitation, and that statistical data are lacking. Furthermore, the
Committee is concerned that many children, including those under 15 years of age and as young
as 7 years, perform regular labour in agriculture, family enterprises and as models.
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The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Undertake a study on the causes and extent of child labour with an aim to
prevent and improve the situation of child labour;
(b)
Continue efforts to protect all children from economic exploitation through
the establishment of an effective mechanism for inspection;
(c)
Protect all children above 15 years from performing any work that is likely
to be hazardous, to interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s
health or physical, mental or social development;