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This Synthesis Report presents the main findings of the 2017 EMN Study Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in the EU plus Norway. The study covers the period 2014-2017, thereby following up on previous EMN research on unaccompanied minors. It may serve to inform further the approaches of EU Member States plus Norway to the protection of unaccompanied minors following status determination and to inform action on this at EU level. Aim and scope of the study The study aims to explore the situation of unaccompanied minors who have been granted a residence permit or issued a return decision, and in turn, the approaches established by (Member) States to their integration or (voluntary) return. The study also covers unaccompanied minors who cannot be returned immediately and may be granted a temporary status, such as tolerated stay, at least in some (Member) States. Any measures taken by (Member) States with regard to disappearances of unaccompanied minors from care facilities and/ or following a return decision are also covered. The study further highlights the special situation of those unaccompanied minors who are approaching the age of 18 years and any transitional arrangements made by (Member) States to support them. The situation of unaccompanied minors who are still in a status determination procedure is also covered in some instances. To the extent possible, the study also presents comparable data on the scale of unaccompanied minors in the (Member) States at present, as well as over time (2014-2017), supplementing it with national statistics where available. Scale of unaccompanied minors in the EU It is difficult to assess the scale of unaccompanied minors in the EU. On the one hand, the number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the EU increased dramatically in 2015, reaching a total of 99 995 minors (an increase of 315% in comparison to the previous year), before returning to 31 975 in 2017. Germany, Sweden, Italy, Austria and Hungary received the highest numbers of minors applying for asylum in the EU over the 2014-2017 period. The majority of these minors were boys (89%). Most of them were between the ages of 16 and 17 years (65%), with only a small proportion being less than 14 years old. The main countries of origin of these minors in 2017 were Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea and Somalia. On the other hand, the number of unaccompanied minors who arrived in the EU and did not seek asylum is unknown – though limited data based on estimates in six (Member) States of minors in this situation suggests that their number is at least 48 591 over the 2014-2017 period. There is a general lack of comprehensive and comparable data on the numbers of and outcomes both for non-asylum seeking unaccompanied minors, and those minors seeking asylum in the EU. Statuses typically granted to unaccompanied minors by (Member) States The majority of unaccompanied minors arriving in (Member) States are granted refugee status or subsidiary protection, and (Member) States provide (temporary) residence permits once a positive decision on the application has been taken. Many (Member) States further grant national alternative or temporary statuses to unaccompanied minors, which are specific to each (Member) State, for example, a permit to stay based on humanitarian or medical reasons, or a form of individual protection for unaccompanied minors who have been victims of trafficking.

S-6000 Dual Transceivers are miniaturised data links designed to provide reliable wideband communications for critical platforms on-the-move, with the best price-performance ratio in the market. The number of critical applications requiring reliable data links under high-dynamic conditions is increasing. The market need and growth is led by RPAS. With a huge market potential for infrastructure surveillance, firefighting, disaster or environmental monitoring, as well as border control and management, RPAS have been earmarked as one of four capability development priorities by the European Council. Other platforms such as Space Launchers, Balloons, Autonomous Vehicles or Maritime Facilities also require high-performance links with similar characteristics. However, solutions providing reliable high-speed data rate and long range communications on-the-move, are very expensive and they are only commercialised under hard export regulations for defence applications. S-6000 Dual Transceivers will provide a high-performance solution at a reasonable price closing an existing gap in the market, between expensive and export regulated systems and unreliable links for consumer applications.