"Cabinet must abide by UN CRC '

That set 158 organizations in a large advertisement in the Volkskrant. They are calling on the Dutch government to change asylum policy and to adhere to the UN CRC.

The day of the call, which was signed by, among others, UNICEF, Kerk in Actie and the General Education Union, is not accidental. Today is the International Day for Children's Rights; 26 years ago on this day, the UN Children's Rights Convention closed.

At present there are more than 10,000 children from countries such as Syria, Iraq and Eritrea in the asylum centers. These children, according to the organizations now need to move very often. This means they can not go to school and become fledgling social contacts are aborted. Also, the places where they are taken care not child friendly and have no access to adequate health care in some cases.

"You will damage children if you so deal with them," said Karin Kloosterboer, on behalf of Unicef ​​chairman of the Working Group on Children in reception center. "It is unacceptable to look away while these vulnerable refugee children are the victims of our asylum policy."

The government is acting in accordance with the organizations the problems of refugee children so far not seriously. The signatories of the ad to the interests of the child shall be immediately ahead.

So children should not be constantly moved, but are collected in one place. They should be housed in small-scale, family-friendly shelter. There must be organized activities such as sports and children should be educated. "There must be structure and stability, and parents should be supported in their educational task," said Kloosterboer.

"Children who have fled, have been a thing experienced by force or through the journey that they have behind them. When they arrive in the Netherlands, you have to catch well. They are even more damaged by the way it is happening now . "

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