This Human Rights Watch (HRW) article reports that France is committing serious, systematic violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children, citing a UN body’s findings that flawed age‑assessment processes leave many children misclassified as adults and excluded from protection. It highlights that these children often have no access to housing, healthcare, or education, are exposed to homelessness and mistreatment, and that between 50–80% of initial adult‑determinations are later overturned on appeal—yet by then children may have already lost essential protections.