The lack of information and specific guidance for handling migrant children who are separated from their parents but travelling with other adults hampers efforts to properly protect such children from potential exploitation and abuse. This is one of the findings from the latest summary report of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on migration-related fundamental rights in selected EU Member States. It identifies what needs to be done to address the shortcomings in existing approaches and points to promising practices that could be used by other Member States.

The Agency met with a number of organisations in Brussels from 12 to 13 December to provide updates on developments and plans for closer cooperation within its civil society framework, the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP).

Throughout 2016 the nine EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies have been actively cooperating on a wide range of areas. The current and future Chair of the network of these agencies showcased what has been achieved and the future plans at the EU Council on 19 December in Brussels.

The Agency’s Austrian civil society roundtable took place on 15 December in Vienna.