Unaccompanied minors arrive in France after long, chaotic and often traumatic journeys.
In 2017, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a daytime reception and orientation centre in Pantin, in Seine Saint-Denis, with the aim of providing medical, psychological, legal and social support to unaccompanied minors who have not been recognised as such in an initial assessment by authorities in Ile-de-France.
Yannick is one of these minors. A street child in Cameroon, Yannick was kidnapped by people traffickers in 2019 and sold as a slave in Libya. He escaped and made it to Europe, where he found refuge in France and receives support from MSF. Now recognised as an unaccompanied minor, he tells us his story.