القاعدة ذات الصلة
El Salvador
Practice Relating to Rule 132. Return of Displaced Persons
In 2008, in its third and fourth periodic reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, El Salvador stated in the section on special protection measures for returning children:
Reception mechanisms are established for Salvadoran children found travelling alone in other countries. These are mediated by the various institutions involved, namely the Department of Humanitarian Management and Migrant Care (DGHAM), the Ministry of External Relations, the National Civil Police General Directorate for Migration and Aliens (DGME) and the Salvadoran Institute for Full Development of Children and Adolescents (ISNA), amongst others.
El Salvador, Third and fourth reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 23 July 2009, UN Doc. CRC/C/SLV/3-4, submitted 21 February 2008, § 279.
In the same section, the report further stated:
The type of assistance offered [to returning children] consisted of providing:
a) Accommodation;
b) Food;
c) Hygiene products;
d) Psychological assistance, when necessary.
El Salvador, Third and fourth reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 23 July 2009, UN Doc. CRC/C/SLV/3-4, submitted 21 February 2008, § 284.
In 2009, in its written replies to the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning its third and fourth periodic reports, El Salvador stated with regard to the “Welcome Home” programme for returning children:
A Migrant Care Centre was set up at the La Hachadura border in July 2005 in order to furnish social and humanitarian assistance and human rights protection to vulnerable Salvadorans returning to the country. The Centre provides children and adolescents with temporary accommodation pending their transfer to ISNA [National Institute for the Comprehensive Development of Children and Adolescents] staff, as well as food, upkeep and health care.
El Salvador, Written replies by the Government of El Salvador to the list of issues prepared by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in connection with the consideration of the third and fourth periodic reports of El Salvador, UN Doc. CRC/C/SLV/Q/3–4/Add.1, submitted 10 December 2009, Question 8, § 26(d).
