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 | Topic(s): Family reunification - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Netherlands

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

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

20 November 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Safe third country - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Italy - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 June 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | 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 | 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 | Countries: Eritrea - Iraq - Italy - Netherlands - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division.

12 October 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

18 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Safe third country - Single procedure - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

27 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Reception - Refugees - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland