PICUM, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, recently published the report "Undocumented Children in Europe: Invisible Victims of Immigration Restrictions".
This report provides a general overview of the conference it held in January 2009, when more than 150 representatives of NGOs, local authorities, social workers, policy makers, researchers and other involved actors discussed the situation of undocumented children and how policies meant to control undocumented migration in Europe affect them. The conference highlighted how these policies lead to various violations of undocumented children's human rights, especially economic and social rights.
The report highlights the many obstacles undocumented children face in trying to access education, health care and housing, and the recommendations made at the conference to address these economic and social rights violations.