Il minore straniero non accompagnato nel Diritto Internazionale, dell'Unione europea e Italiano: Criticità attuali e prospettive future

In recent years millions of people have left their countries due to conflicts, persecutions, human rights violations, environmental catastrophes and poverty. This paper aims at analysing the multiple spheres of protection for the most vulnerable people, i.e. unaccompanied minors, in international, European and Italian law. The study starts from the international legal framework and in particular focuses on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Regarding the European law, attention is devoted to the main phases of the identification and reception of unaccompanied minors (Directives 2013/33/EU, 2013/32/EU, 2011/95/EU). On such matter, many critical issues have been raised by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights concerning the misapplication of the law by the Member States. Finally, the last sphere of protection of these children will be examined, at national level, with the Italian law no. 47/2017.