A Story of Compliance with International Standards: The United Kingdom and Immigration Detention of Children

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 112 - 138, 01.06.2017

Pınar Çanga

Abstract

In 2010, the UK banned detention of minors for
immigration purposes. However, till this point immigration detention has been a significant part of the UK’s
immigration law since 1971. Using this practice towards families and children
led a wide scale of criticism by international and national monitoring bodies
and civil society. While applying the acculturation approach to find out what
type of relationship played an important role in the compliance decision, it
was clear that national monitoring bodies and civil society managed to activate
a socialisation mechanism and pushed the government to act towards compliance
with international human rights standards.

Keywords

Immigration detention of children, Immigration Law, International Human Rights Standards, Acculturation Theory

Uluslararası Standartlara Uyum: Birleşik Krallık ve Çocukların İdari Gözetimi

Abstract

2010
yılı itibariyle İngiliz hükümeti çocukların göç hukuku düzenlemesi
altında idari gözetim altına alınmasına yasak getirdi. Ancak, bu uygulama, 1971
yılından beri İngiltere göç sisteminin ayrılmaz bir parçası olarak yer
almaktaydı. 1990’lardan itibaren uluslararası ve ulusal izleme kuruluşları ve
sivil toplum örgütleri tarafından idari gözetime yönelik getirilen eleştiriler
özellikle çocukların ve ailelerin de bu uygulama adı altında idari gözetim
altına alınmasına odaklanmaktadır. Akkültürasyon teorisini bu vaka çalışmasına
uygularken alınan sonuçlar göstermektedir ki ulusal izleme kuruluşları ve sivil
toplum örgütleri karar vericiler ile sosyalleşmeyi sağlamış ve hükümeti
çocukların idari gözetime alınması konusunda uluslararası insan hakları
standartları ile uyumlu hareket etmeye itmiştir.

Keywords

Çocuk idari gözetimi, Göç Hukuku, Uluslararası İnsan Hakları Standartları, Akkültürasyon Teorisi

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