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class="bg-white h4 ">Category: Institutional and Legal Affairs</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container section-latest mt-3 mb-5 pb-5 section" role="region" aria-label="Category: Institutional and Legal Affairs"> <div class="row infinite-scroll"> <div class="col-lg-6 infinite-post"> <div class="itemInner zoom post-68105 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-institutional-and-legal-affairs category-publications tag-area-of-freedom-security-and-justice tag-briefings tag-child tag-child-of-migrant tag-eprs-briefings tag-european-union tag-illegal-migration tag-infographics tag-migration tag-unaccompanied-child"> <div class="bg lazy bg-65" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/epthinktank.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/EPRS-Briefing-766235-Child-Migrants-FINAL.png?fit=690%2C460&ssl=1" style="background-image: 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