Abstract

FERNANDEZ-RAMOS, María Victoria. Unaccompanied Boys and Girls. Between Defenselessness and the Guarantee of Rights. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.119-139. ISSN 2256-5493.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ts.v21n2.75262.

The situation of foreign boys and girls arriving unaccompanied to Spain is a matter of concern for Human Rights advocates, given that those children are constantly exposed to social exclusion and vulnerability. This reflection article presents a careful conceptualization of the term "defenselessness" in the light of three international instruments protecting the rights of minors, in order to then relate them to three cases that occurred in Spain and were widely covered by the press. The conclusions establish a series of parameters that should be taken into account by social workers engaged in the defense of the rights of these children.

Keywords : children; children's rights; defenselessness; foreigners; Human Rights; Social Work.

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