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108. Migrant girls are seldom accorded special treatment. However, specific measures,
such as the use of women interviewers within migration services in order to interview
female victims, have been recorded in Azerbaijan.
109. In an initiative to recover the national culture and identity of Azerbaijani migrants,
the ombudsman of Azerbaijan met with representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora in
Norway and Prague and donated secondary school textbooks and publications about the
history and literature of Azerbaijan.71
110. Several States members of the European Union have implemented prevention and
development projects in third countries to try to address the situation of unaccompanied
minors who seek to travel to the European Union. Belgium has carried out several
awareness-raising missions to the countries of origin of large groups of migrants. The
Netherlands and Slovenia have implemented bilateral projects with Afghanistan. And Spain
has implemented a project to prevent irregular migration from Senegal.
111. As a State with serious migration issues, Mexico has specific institutional capacities
for the protection of migrant children. The National System for Integral Family
Development, through the Programme for the Protection and Integral Development of
Children, coordinates and oversees the operation of a strategy to prevent children from
migrating unaccompanied and to treat unaccompanied migrant children. Its aim is to
harmonize the efforts and actions of the three branches of government, private entities and
national and international civil society organizations to address the needs of young
migrants, including children, and returnees.
112. Most European countries have national programmes for protecting, receiving and
assisting migrant children. Some European countries are implementing interventions aimed
at creating a well-defined reception system with highly specialized structures and special
facilities. For instance, the Danish Immigration Service has two teams specializing in
interviewing unaccompanied children. Furthermore, it has developed internal guidelines
and all caseworkers are trained in interviewing techniques so that they are able to approach
unaccompanied children with age-appropriate questions.
113. In Italy, humanitarian visas are now being granted to vulnerable children who do not
receive refugee status. The procedure for granting humanitarian visas is established in
Italian law.
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