Migrant children ‘vulnerable’ to trafficking and exploitation
Patricia Brazil, a barrister, and Averil Deverell assistant professor in law at Trinity College Dublin, said that there had been cases where people pretend to be the parent or guardian of a minor seeking asylum, where in fact there is no family link and the child may have been trafficked into the country.
Dr Brazil also said minors seeking asylum were also denied aftercare once they turned 18, and that some asylum-seeking minors who were in the care of the State until they reached 18 then faced being put into direct provision.
