Unaccompanied migrant child in age determination procedure, in need of protection and in a street situation

Summary of facts: S.E.M.A, a child of Pakistani nationality (born on 31 December 2002), entered France on 25 August 2019. He presented the authorities with a copy of his birth certificate, and declared he was an unaccompanied minor. He requested to be placed in temporary emergency accommodation, according to the French law. His request was rejected, and the applicant remained on the streets. On 28 August 2019, the applicant was interviewed by the authorities for an hour, without a lawyer or other representative, in the presence of an Urdu interpreter, although the applicant’s language was Punjabi. The authorities concluded that the circumstances of obtaining the birth document were unclear, and the document was not corroborated by S.E.M.A.’s bearing and physical appearance. The authorities decided that the author was not a child, and thus he did not benefit from any form of social assistance given to unaccompanied minors.