Call for a European Child Guarantee
Protect migrant children, particularly unaccompanied ones
EU member states must invest more in education, healthcare, housing, family support and childcare, making sure that these services reach all children.
 âA child is first and foremost a child, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, nationality or social and economic background, ability, migration or residence statusâ, stated Parliament on Thursday in a resolution passed with 545 to 24 and 119 abstentions.
The text highlights the huge toll that the COVID-19 crisis is having on children, further exacerbating their risk of poverty, severely affecting their access to education, compromising their physical and mental health and increasing the danger of being exposed to violence and abuse. MEPs urge the Commission to table, as announced, a legislative proposal to establish the European Child Guarantee in the first quarter of 2021.