Article 22

Article 22 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child concerns children who are refugees and asylum seekers:

"1. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that a child who is seeking refugee status or who is considered a refugee in accordance with applicable international or domestic law and procedures shall, whether unaccompanied or accompanied by his or her parents or by any other person, receive appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance in the enjoyment of applicable rights set forth in the present Convention and in other international human rights or humanitarian instruments to which the said States are Parties.

2. For this purpose, States Parties shall provide, as they consider appropriate, co-operation in any efforts by the United Nations and other competent intergovernmental organizations or non-governmental organizations co-operating with the United Nations to protect and assist such a child and to trace the parents or other members of the family of any refugee child in order to obtain information necessary for reunification with his or her family. In cases where no parents or other members of the family can be found, the child shall be accorded the same protection as any other child permanently or temporarily deprived of his or her family environment for any reason, as set forth in the present Convention."Note: The UK Government has entered reservations against this Article

Children in Wales work relating to this Article

Information about the work carried out by Children in Wales in relation to this Article is available in the Asylum and Refugee Issues Section of this site

Other Information about how this Article is implemented in Wales

Policy

The Policy Section of this site contains information about consultations, other documents and legislation relating to immigration. This information can be accessed from the Policy page by selecting Immigration from the menu on the right hand side and browsing through the different types of policy information.