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

6 June 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Children's rights - Regional instruments - Safe third country - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 February 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Eritrea - Iraq - Italy - Netherlands - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 December 2011 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Eritrea - Iraq - Italy - Netherlands - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland