Have a look at the term "unaccompanied minor" in the EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary
The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "unaccompanied minor" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!
The term "unaccompanied minor" which is used in the recent EMN Ad Hoc Query on data on unaccompanied minors outside of international protection procedures, is defined in the EU context as:
A minor
- who arrives on the territory of an EU Member unaccompanied by the adult responsible for them by law or by the practice of the EU Member State concerned, and for as long as they are not effectively taken into the care of such a person or
- who is left unaccompanied after they have entered the territory of the EU Member State.
If you are interested in other terms, please check out the online version here.