France, Oct. 17 -- France has committed "serious and systematic" violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has found.

In a report released on Thursday, theCommittee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which ensures that countries comply with international treaties on the rights of minors, said that child migrants in France often find themselves deprived of basic care and living in "degrading" conditions, as a result of not being able to access the child protection system.

Migrants must prove that they are minors in order to access the appropriate care and protection.

Catherine Daoud, a lawyer specialising in children's rights, notes that these children often arrive...