Fondazione L'Albero della Vita met Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe and asked him what does it means to protect children's rights.
About children left behind, Commissioner Hammarberg said:
One mistake that sometimes happens is that the adults believe that the child would not understand anyhow. But one should always explain what is going to happen so that child is prepared, and if the parents are migrating to another Country, leaving their child with grandparents or whoever, that is a dramatic event in the life of the child and should be explained and also argued that it is absolutely necessary in order for the child to take a position to this and if the child - which probably would be the case often - has a strong opinion, that should come up and should be discussed and negotiated. That would be the fully respect of the child in such situation.
See the extract of the Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmq4WfpumMM&feature=player_detailpage...
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Just a few week after the joining of Save the Children Romania, the Network CLB.eu welcomes a new member: the Spanish organization Asociación Salud y Familia.
Asociación Salud y Familia (ASF) is a non-profit association funded in Barcelona in 1986 with the aim to provide assistance to individuals in accordance with the principle of impartiality related to their origin, race, sex, nationality, social status and religion in the medical, psychological, intercultural, social and legal aspects.
Asociación Salud y Familia designs and manages public and private programmes aimed at reducing social inequality among families of different composition and origin, as well as providing assistance to the most vulnerable members of households.
Learn more on ASF's Member Page!...
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On 13 June 2011, Mr Ivano Abbruzzi - Albero della Vita Director - met in Rome Mrs Roberta Angelilli (on the left, attending the International Missing Children's Day) , Italian MEP and Vice – President of the European Parliament.
EP Angelilli is very active in the field of protection and promotion of children’s rights and she is the promoter of the European Parliament Alliance for children’s rights. She is also specifically very sensitive to the issue of children left behind as she co-hosted the Conference held in the European Parliament in March when the network CLB.eu has been launched.
During the meeting, which wanted to strengthen the collaboration between the Network and Vice-President Angelilli, Mr Abbruzzi presented the developments of the Network which were considered very positive by Vice-President Angelilli.
She stated her availability and support for future initiatives that will work in favour of children left behind and welcomed some new ideas that were presented.
We were once again happy with Vice President Angelilli’s commitment and passion and we are looking forward for new initiatives on which we could collaborate.
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L’ALBERO DELLA VITA AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: CONCRETE ACTIONS FOR OVER 500.000 CHILDREN IN EUROPE
European Parliament, European Commission and Council of Europe, together with 40 organisations to discuss how to face psychosocial effects of economic migration.
Fondazione L’Albero della Vita, in collaboration with Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti and Eurochild, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 2 March the Conference Left Behind – The impact of economic migration on children left behind and their families.
The alarming phenomenon of children who are left behind by their parents when they migrate in search of employment involves over 500.000 children within the EU and it is constantly increasing. This concerns many European countries and in particular, researches report of 350.000 children in Romania, over 110.000 in neighboring Moldova and 9.500 in Lithuania. Over 100.000 children are estimated to be concerned by this situation in Poland and around 8.000 in Latvia.
Policy makers must take into account such social consequences of economic migration, otherwise long term effects can reach dramatic levels. Fondazione L’Albero della Vita together with its partners and the participants called upon the EU institutions to implement concrete actions.
In particular they called on the European Commission to collect data on the phenomenon at European level and consider this issue when elaborating policies in the framework of the EU 2020 strategy.
They have also called on the European Parliament to analyse the issue within the work of some relevant Committees, specifically in the context of the EU Agenda on Children’s Rights and the future Recommendation on Child Poverty. Patrizio Paoletti, President of Albero della Vita has introduced his intervention focusing on responsibility that society has to take in order to move towards social development and protect children’s rights. According to his words, European Institutions must fulfill their duty to provide with orientation to new generations, collaborating in favour of social cohesion and for socially sustainable actions.
Marie-Anne Paraskevas, European Commission DG Employment and Social Affairs, pointed at a new study on emigration where the topic of children left behind will be considered.
MEP Mazzoni, representing also MEP Angelilli, opened the debate and suggested as a first concrete action to discuss about children left behind in relevant Committees, in their reading of the EU Agenda for children’s rights.
MEP Geringer de Oedenberg underlined the EU responsibilities, since this phenomenon is a consequence of the EU fundamental freedoms, and called on Commissioner V...
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People wishing to partecipate in the forthcoming event “Left Behind – The impact of economic migration on children left behind and their families”, which will take place in Brussels on 2 March 2011, can now register.
Free event. Limited spaces. Book by 27 Febraury!
Go to the About the conference area to know more or directly to the registration area....
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