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The problems relating to unaccompanied international minors we receive in treatment centers for adolescents (“ Maisons des Adolescents”) are complex. Studies about the mental health of these young people are still few. Most of them must go through their identity construction period alone and have often experienced repeated trauma and multiple bereavements. It seems appropriate to receive these young people in a treatment setting, like the cross-cultural consultations, which enables the emergence of cultural representations and takes into account pre-, per- and post-migration experiences to restore the identity construction process.