COSTA, T. C.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5022257580535720; COSTA, Thaisi de Caldas.
Résumé:
The present research has as its theme the adoption of unaccompanied refugee children in Brazil.
It aimed to discuss the problem of care for unaccompanied children in refugee situations in the
Brazilian legal system. The search took advantage definition of refugee and its main
foundations, of the analysis of the reception of refugee children in the national territory by the
Brazilian legislation and the description of the procedures adopted by the Brazilian norm for
the adoption of refugee children. As a method of analysis for the development of research, the
deductible was used, from a qualitative approach in its descriptive aspect as to the central object
of the research. For the purposes of this study, legal rules were used, periodicals, doctoral
theses, social and legal doctrines, abstracts and review articles. This work demonstrated the
way of welcoming unaccompanied refugee children and (in)existence of specific legislation on
these individuals and regarding the adoption process applicable to them. The suggestion
reached was that it is necessary to develop a specific standard dealing with the protection of
these individuals, including the appropriate adoption procedure to be applied to the same, since
the legislation in force today deal with unaccompanied refugee children in a subsidiary way.