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A minor who arrives on the territory of the Member States unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him or her, and for as long as that minor is not effectively taken into the care of such an adult. [defined in Article 2 of the Reception Directive]
1. A third country may only be designated as a safe third country where in that country: (a) non-nationals’ life and liberty are not threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion; (b) non-nationals face no real risk of serious harm as defined in Article 15 of […]
1. Detention of applicants shall take place, as a rule, in specialised detention facilities. Where a Member State cannot provide accommodation in a specialised detention facility and is obliged to resort to prison accommodation, the detained applicant shall be kept separately from ordinary prisoners and the detention conditions provided for in this Directive shall apply. […]
1. Where the relocation pledges to the Annual Solidarity Pool set out in the Council implementing act referred to in Article 57 are equal to or above 50 % of the number indicated in the Commission proposal referred to in Article 12, a benefitting Member State may request the other Member States to take responsibility […]
1. The effects of a return decision shall be automatically suspended for as long as an applicant or a person subject to withdrawal of international protection has a right to remain or is allowed to remain in accordance with this Article. 2. Applicants and persons subject to withdrawal of international protection shall have the right […]
1. Member States shall grant to minor children of applicants and to applicants who are minors the same access to education as their own nationals and under similar conditions for so long as an expulsion measure against such minors or their parents is not actually enforced. The specific needs of minors, in particular with regard […]
Vulnerable persons should be given primary consideration for relocation, in particular when they have special reception needs within the meaning of Article 24 of , or are in need of special procedural guarantees as referred to in Articles 20 to 23 of . According to Article 24 of , applicants falling within any of the […]
When deciding on entitlement to the benefits provided for in this Regulation, a competent authority should take due account of the best interests of the child and of the particular circumstances of the dependency on the beneficiary of international protection of close relatives who are already present in the Member State concerned and who are […]
1. The best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration for Member States when implementing the provisions of this Directive that possibly affect minors. Member States shall ensure a standard of living adequate for the minor’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development. 2. In assessing the best interests of the child, Member […]
With a view to strengthening the protection of all children falling under the scope of this Regulation, including unaccompanied minors who have not applied for international protection and children who might become separated from their families, it is also necessary to take biometric data for storage in Eurodac to help establish the identity of children […]
Member States should be able to restrict access to employed or self-employed activities as regards posts which involve the exercise of public authority and responsibility for safeguarding the general interest of the State or other public authorities. In the context of the exercising of the right to equal treatment as regards membership of an organisation […]
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