Australia's Accompanied Irregular Child Migrants

Abstract

This paper: (1) Focuses on a range of issues that arise for accompanied irregular child migrants in Australia who are in the care of an adult, usually their parents, and who, as a result of being under the care and protection of their parents, are oftentimes denied their basic human rights; and (2) proposes a number of steps that can be taken to protect accompanied irregular child migrants from being unnecessarily exposed to the risk of significant harm.