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France : Administrative Court of Appeal of Douai on margin of error of bone tests to determine applicant’s age

On 19 September 2017, the Administrative Court of Appeal of Douai ruled on a case regarding a Congolese unaccompanied minor who applied for asylum in France and, after having his asylum application rejected, received an order to leave the territory.

Under French legislation, children who are third country nationals cannot be subjected to an order to leave the territory. After judicial request, the applicant was subjected to a bone test to determine his age, which suggested he was nineteen years old. However, after receiving an order to leave the territory, the applicant was able to present a birth certificate from the Guinean administrative authorities indicating that he was indeed a child.

The Administrative Court of Appeal of Douai recalled that bone tests for age assessment carry a margin of error. In the case of the applicant, the margin of error meant that his majority could not be established without a doubt. In view of the other elements available to the authorities and that the child had to benefit from the benefit of the doubt, the Administrative Court quashed the decision of the lower court and annulled the order to leave the territory.

▻http://mailchi.mp/ecre/elena-weekly-legal-update-6-october-2017?e=75b92536df#10

Le document de la COUR ADMINISTRATIVE D’APPEL DE DOUAI
▻http://www.fildp.fr/media/caa-douai-19-septembre-2017-m.-m.-n-17da00024.pdf
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Nouvel argument imparable du département de Paris pour contester la minorité des mineurs isolés : « Vous avez fait preuve d’une autonomie et d’une maturité importantes en décidant seul de quitter votre pays et en voyageant seul »

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French police accused of falsifying migrant children’s birth dates

Charities accuse border officials of trying to pass minors off as adults to return them to Italy

►https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/french-police-accused-of-falsifying-migrant-childrens-birth-dates?CMP=s
#falsification #Dublin #Italie #renvois #expulsions

À Menton, la police française est accusée de modifier les dates de naissance des mineurs

Sept associations italiennes ont alerté la Commission européenne et le ministre italien de l’Intérieur lundi 9 avril sur deux cas de mineurs dont les dates de naissance ont été modifiées sur le document de « refus d’entrée », dans le but de les renvoyer en Italie. Les ONG dénoncent une « pratique quotidienne ».

▻http://www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/8640/a-menton-la-police-francaise-est-accusee-de-modifier-les-dates-de-nais