‘unaccompanied minor’ means a third-country national below the age of 18 years, who arrives or arrived on the territory of a Member State unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him/her whether by law or the national practice of the Member State concerned, and for as long as he/she is not effectively taken into the care of such a person; it includes a minor who is left unaccompanied after he/she entered the territory of a Member State;
ciallaíonn “mionaoiseach neamhthionlactha” náisiúnach tríú tír faoi bhun 18 mbliana d’aois, a shroicheann nó a shroich críoch Bhallstáit gan tionlacan duine fásta atá freagrach as/aisti de réir dhlí nó chleachtas náisiúnta an Bhallstáit lena mbaineann agus chomh fada agus nach dtógfar go héifeachtach faoi chúram an duine sin é nó í, cuirtear san áireamh mionaoiseach a fhágtar i riocht neamhthionlactha tar éis dó/di iontráil i gcríoch an Bhallstáit;