Determining the Age of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors: A Vulnus in the Migration Paradigm
This paper aims to analyse the socio-legal situation of migrant minors who are either unaccompanied or separated from their families during their migration. Particularly those who are separated from their families and who often travel in a group that becomes the contact person and person in charge.
Time and space are inversely proportional; the greater the speed in space, the more time slows down. This simple hypothesis of physics can also be extended to migration law. This inversely proportional relationship marks the space that divides receiving countries from emigrating countries. Migration law is delimited by the stakes of time, which is the European concept. This unique perspective, which you can delve into, will be explored in depth in the article.
Time does not depend solely on subjective perception: it has its objectivity, the ultimate meaning of which is labile for the time being. There is no other precise point of reference than our birth. Time is only a binding dimension within which we can move with relative freedom; this dimension implies an assumption of responsibility.
In short, time is a dimension in which mankind must stake its freedom. In a sense, time itself, with its unidirectional character, forces man to consider that there is an irreversible forward process.
In this space/time conception, the question is: Is the current European legislation for determining the age of unaccompanied migrant minors valid for their protection?
In the space/time axiom, can this strict age-determination procedure be reconsidered?