| AT | Austria | |||
| BE | Belgium | |||
| BG | Bulgaria | |||
| BIA | best-interests assessment | |||
| BIC | best-interests of the child | |||
| BID | best-interests determination | |||
| Caregiver | A person/institution in charge of the daily care of the child, i.e. accommodation, food, taking to school, etc. | |||
| CEAS | Common European Asylum System | |||
| CH | Switzerland | |||
| CMW | Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Committee on Migrant Workers) (UNHCR) | |||
| CP | child protection | |||
| CRC | United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) | |||
| CRC Committee | United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child | |||
| CY | Cyprus | |||
| DE | Germany | |||
| DK | Denmark | |||
| Dublin III Regulation | Dublin III Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) | |||
| EASO | European Asylum Support Office | |||
| EE | Estonia | |||
| EL | Greece | |||
| ES | Spain | |||
| EU | European Union | |||
| EU+ States | European Union Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland | |||
| FGM/C | female genital mutilation/cutting | |||
| FI | Finland | |||
| FR | France | |||
| FRA | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights | |||
| HU | Hungary | |||
| IE | Ireland | |||
| IT | Italy | |||
| IPSN | online tool for identification of persons with special needs | |||
| LT | Lithuania | |||
| LV | Latvia | |||
| MS | Member State(s) of the European Union | |||
| NL | Netherlands | |||
| NO | Norway | |||
| PL | Poland | |||
| QD | qualification directive | |||
| QD (recast) | Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast) | |||
| RCD | reception conditions directive | |||
| RCD (recast) | Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast) | |||
| RO | RO Romania | |||
| SE | SE Sweden | |||
| SI | SI Slovenia | |||
| SK | Slovakia | |||
| THB | trafficking in human beings | |||
| UNHCR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |||