EMN-Synthesis Report: Policies on Reception, Return and Integration arrangements for, and numbers of, Unaccompanied Minors , Date: 2010.05.31, format: report, area: Authority

The purpose of this comparative study was to fill a knowledge gap on policies on unaccompanied minors in the EU, ranging from an assessment of the identified motivations and circumstances for entering the EU, to entry procedures, reception arrangements, including integration measures, detention, return and identified best practices.

This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of National Reports produced by twenty-two of the National Contact Points from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

As part of the Introduction (Section 1), an overview of the Methodology followed is given (Section 1.1), along with the definition used for an unaccompanied minor" (Section 1.2) and previous Reports and Studies (Section 1.3) on this topic. The Policy Context (Section 2) is then presented, along with information on the relevant International and EU Legislative Framework (Section 3).