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Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Procedure

GermanyHumanitarian protection

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

The asylum procedure with special guarantees for unaccompanied minors as a particularly vulnerable group; their cases are handled by specially trained officers.

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Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

Children and young people under 18 who enter an EU member state without a responsible adult or are left there unaccompanied.

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Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

Minors cannot file the asylum application at BAMF themselves; it must be filed by the youth welfare office or the guardian.

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What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

Provisional care with a suitable person (relatives, foster family) or facility (clearing houses, youth welfare facilities); family reunification with relatives in Germany is examined; if minority is doubted, BAMF runs a two-stage age assessment (multidisciplinary assessment, then medical examination); a guardian must be appointed.

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Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The local youth welfare office (Jugendamt) takes the minor into care; the family court decides on guardianship; the asylum case is decided by BAMF.

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Limits of the record
  • No official fraud/scam warning was found.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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