Age, gender and diversity / Unaccompanied / Separated children

Article 2(f) of Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification, read in conjunction with Article 10(3)(a) thereof, must be interpreted as meaning that a third-country national or stateless person who is below the age of 18 at the time of his or her entry into the territory of a Member State and of the introduction of his or her asylum application in that State, but who, in the course of the asylum procedure, attains the age of majority and is thereafter granted refugee status must be regarded as a ‘minor’ for the purposes of that provision.

12 April 2018 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Netherlands

June 2017 | Publisher: European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights | Document type: Regional Reports

26 October 2016 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: The Hague District Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Netherlands

September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

16 August 2016 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: The Hague District Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Netherlands

5 August 2016 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: The Hague District Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Regional instruments - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Netherlands - Sweden

9 June 2015 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports