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Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports. Scroll to: UN Special Rapporteurs on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (28/2-3/3/2000). Report E/CN.4/2001/78/Add.1 Report by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education (27 November to 5 December 2006) Report /HRC/8/10/Add.2 Report by the UN Special Rapporteurs on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Santiago Corcuera, Olivier de Frouville and Jeremy Sarkin A/HRC/13/31/Add.1 Country visit: 2 to 25 June 2009 Report published: 9 February 2010 No references to children's rights Report by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the rights of migrants Gabriela Rodríquez Pizarro A/HRC/13/31/Add.1 Country visit: 2 to 25 June 2009 Report published: 9 February 2010 Issues raised: Irregular migration: The Special Rapporteur visited the port, where she was able to see the efforts by the authorities to check passengers boarding ferries bound for Tarifa or Algeciras. However, it is very difficult, given the shortage of resources and technology, to control the hundreds of roadsteads and coves along the Moroccan coastline. The Special Rapporteur also met the families of victims of irregular immigration who had travelled in pateras. Some families have set up associations to alert young persons to the dangers of irregular migration, to help prospective emigrants to return to their country and integrate into working life, and to act as the plaintiff in proceedings against any person directly or indirectly involved in the soliciting and promotion of irregular immigration. (Paragraph 31) The problem of unaccompanied minors: During her visit to Spain, the Special Rapporteur was briefed on the situation of unaccompanied Moroccan minors in the country. Under Spanish law, unaccompanied foreign minors are either reintegrated into their country of origin or the family’s country of residence or must remain in Spain in State care. After nine months in care, the minor is given a temporary residence permit. According to the information received by the Spanish authorities, the Moroccan authorities do not cooperate in efforts to find minors’ families or to identify an orphanage for them in Morocco so that they can be repatriated. (Paragraph 33) In Morocco, the Special Rapporteur shared her concerns on this matter with the Moroccan authorities, but she received no information from them about what the Government was doing to deal with the problem and to help Moroccan minors during all phases of their repatriation. She furthermore informed the Moroccan authorities of allegations of police brutality against children deported to Moroccan territory and also referred to the concerns expressed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child during its consideration of Morocco’s report. She was told that, once on Spanish territory, the problem was a matter for Spain, since minors cannot be deported. (Paragraph 34) Accepted visits Requested visits
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