YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. The European Court of Human Rights has made a decision against France regarding the procedure of separating minors from their parents during the study of asylum application.

The Court viewed the procedure compatible with inhumane and humiliating treatment, which is contrary to the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nouvelles d'Armenie reports.

The Court has studied five similar cases, one of which concerns a 4 year old Armenian child in 2012, who has been kept separated from his parents for 18 days in a administrative protection center.

During the same period two Chechen girls were treated similarly. Another case was documented with a Romanian child.

French authorities will have to pay 1500-9000 Euros moral compensation to the affected families.

Ombudsman of France Jacques Toubon also announced that the practice of separating minors from their parents is contrary to the European Convention of Human Rights, and the law in this regard must be changed.