Observaciones finales sobre los informes periódicos sexto y séptimo combinados de la Federación de Rusia

Asylum-seeking and refugee children 

41. The Committee recommends that the State party: 

(a) Expedite the adoption of the new act on granting asylum in the territory of the Russian Federation and ensure access to fair and efficient asylum procedures and the documentation of children, including unaccompanied and separated children, and that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in all decisions throughout the asylum procedures; 

(b) Uphold and respect the international principle of non-refoulement, thus guaranteeing that asylum-seeking and refugee children are not affected by the orders of return of their parents to countries where their freedom or lives would be threatened; 

(c) Ensure that the regulations implementing Federal Refugees Act No. 4528- 1 of 19 February 1993 are in line with articles 9, 22 and 37 of the Convention and the Committee’s general comment No. 6 (2005) by, inter alia, preventing the detention of asylum-seeking children and their families.