Ariticle22Refugee children
- States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that a child who is seeking refugee status or who is considered a refugee in accordance with applicable international or domestic law and procedures shall, whether unaccompanied or accompanied by his or her parents or by any other person, receive appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance in the enjoyment of applicable rights set forth in the present Convention and in other international human rights or humanitarian instruments to which the said States are Parties.
- For this purpose, States Parties shall provide, as they consider appropriate, co-operation in any efforts by the United Nations and other competent intergovernmental organizations or non-governmental organizations co-operating with the United Nations to protect and assist such a child and to trace the parents or other members of the family of any refugee child in order to obtain information necessary for reunification with his or her family. In cases where no parents or other members of the family can be found, the child shall be accorded the same protection as any other child permanently or temporarily deprived of his or her family environment for any reason , as set forth in the present Convention.
The purpose of this Article is to protect refugees and children who may become refugees. If a child is recognized as a refugee, the State is obligated to protect the child, regardless of whether or not he or she has a family. If the child has been separated from his or her family, the State, in cooperation with the UN, will search for the child's family. If the child's family cannot be found, the child has the right to receive care in an appropriate institution, adoption, or foster care, as provided for in Article 20.
It has been pointed out that Japan is clearly less likely than the rest of the world to recognize refugees. Since the condition of being harmed by the state as an individual is necessary to be recognized as a refugee in Japan, the government tends not to recognize people who come to Japan due to discrimination or exploitation as refugees, and the reality is that many refugees are not recognized even if they have legitimate reasons and evidence. The condition of being harmed by the state as an individual is necessary to be recognized as a refugee, there is a tendency to not recognize people who come to Japan due to discrimination or exploitation as refugees, and the reality is that many refugees are not recognized even with legitimate reasons and evidence.