Investigating human rights refugees, which is prohibited under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Under the Austrian Federal Constitution regarding the rights of children, each child is entitled to protection and care as well as the best possible development and growth. All children and adolescents who have been removed permanently or temporarily from their familiar environment are entitled to particular care and assistance. AOB demands housing in adequate facilities Therefore, the AOB is of the opinion that not only is the exclusion of unaccompanied minor refugees from the services of children and youth welfare authorities a cause for concern under constitutional law, but also their housing in facilities that cannot achieve the care quality of facilities operated by children and youth welfare organisations is troubling. This is due to reduced per diem rates and deficient standards for benefits in kind, for the qualification of personnel, for supervision and for quality control. The housing and care of all unaccompanied minor refugees in facilities that do not correspond to the customary standards of facilities operated by children and youth welfare organisations represents maladministration that must be corrected as soon as possible. 3.3 Interior Federal Asylum Office disregards the right to private and family life For years, the AOB has been objecting to the fact that the Federal Asylum Office (since 1 January 2014 Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum) has been preventing or delaying the entry into Austria of family members (see Annual Report 2013, p.44). By doing so, the authorities are interfering with the right of respect for private and family life that is guaranteed under constitutional law. Section 8 of ECHR obligates the state to effectively respect family life. The Asylum Act enables family members of persons who are eligible for asylum or beneficiaries of a subsidiary protection to file an application at an Austrian embassy or consulate abroad for entry into Austria. Family members must be given visas for entry, if the Federal Asylum Office - since 2014 the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum - informs the embassy that family members will probably be given the same protection as the reference person. Pursuant to the Asylum Act, only the wife or husband, unmarried, minor children and parents of a minor unmarried child fall under the term “family members”. 56

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