This guide contains information for professionals on the participation and hearing of children in the asylum procedure. This includes SEM employees who are responsible for the decision and, in particular, persons of trust for unaccompanied asylum seekers and legal representatives for accompanied minor asylum seekers.
In addition to legal and developmental-psychological explanations of the situation of minors in asylum procedures, the focus is on practical tips for the actual organisation of discussions with children in this context.
This publication is available in German, French and Italian.
For information for children, adolescents and adults, we recommend the publication Partizipation und Anhörung von Kindern im Asylverfahren. Information for children and adolescents. It explains the possibilities for participation in the asylum procedure in simple language with many pictures. This information brochure can also be
can also be ordered and is available for download.
Article number: G142
