Standard of living

Noting with concern the continued increase in income inequality and poverty, particularly among children from a migrant background, and the living conditions of children in municipal housing, the Committee recommends that the State Party:

(a) Ensure the application of a child rights-based approach, including the principle of the best interests of the child and the right to participation, in the development and implementation of policies and programmes to combat poverty

(b) Make statutory local action plans for combating poverty and conduct an assessment of the impact on child rights of all restrictive measures that affect asylum-seeking families with children

(c) Strengthen the implementation of concrete measures to prevent growing inequality and poverty, ensure that children and their families living in poverty receive, without discrimination, adequate financial support and accessible services free of charge and introduce automatic adjustment of child benefit in relation to inflation and wages