Annex: Legal provisions Detention of unaccompanied children in asylum procedures EU Member State Detention allowed? AT yes Police Act (Fremdenpolizeigesetz), 2005 as amended, Article Sections 76 (1) and 79.2 (for children below 16) read together with Article 1 BE no Belgium, Immigration Act (Loi sur l’accès au territoire, le séjour, l’établissement et l’éloignement des étrangers), 15 December 1980, last amended on 13 September 2016, Article 74/19 BG no Asylum and Refugees Act (Закон за убежището и бежанците), Article 45e (1) CY yes Refugee Law (Ο περί Προσφύγων Νόμος του 2000), Article 9ΣΤ(1) (provision inserted by Law 105(I)/(2016)) CZ no Asylum Act (Zákon č. 325/1999 Sb. o azylu), Section 46a (3) in combination with Section 2 (1) (i) DE no Asylum Act, Asylgesetz, Section 47 (provides for stay of applicants in reception centres) DK yes Aliens Act (Udlændingeloven, lovbekendtgørelse nr. 1021), Sections 36–37 EE no Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act (Väljasõidukohustuse ja sissesõidukeelu seadus), 1 January 2016, Article 23 read together with Article 12 (9) EL yes Law 4375/2016, Article 46 (10) (b) ES no Organic Law 4/2000 (Aliens Act), Ley Orgánica 4/2000, sobre derechos y libertades de los extranjeros en España y su integración social, as amended on 30 October 2015, Articles 35 and 62. FI yes Aliens Act, as amended on 26 June 2015 Ulkamaalaislaki, Utlänningslag, Article 122 (3) (detention possible if there is an enforceable return decision) FR yes Code de l’entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile, Article L221–1 HR yes Act on International and Temporary Protection (Zakon o međunarodnoj i privremenoj zaštiti), Article 54 (8) HU yes Act No. 80 of 2007 on Asylum (2007. évi LXXX. törvény a menedékjogról), as amended on 28 March 2017, Article 31/B, but Article 80/J (6) allows their detention in the transit zones (if aged above 14 years) in case of mass migration state of emergency IE no International Protection Act 2015, Article 20 (6) IT no Legislative decree (decreto legislative) No. 142/2015, 18 August 2015, Article 19 (4) Article 7 seems to allow detention of families as Article 7 (1) lists preservation of family unity among the conditions of detention LT yes Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (įstatymo dėl užsieniečių teisinės padėties), Article 114 (4) LU yes Loi du relative à l’accueil des demandeurs de protection internationale et de protection temporaire, Article 22 (1) LV yes Asylum Law (Patvēruma likums), Article 13, Article 22 (3) (6) MT yes Reception of Asylum-Seekers Regulations, Article 14 (1) NL no Aliens Circular A (Vreemdelingencirculaire A), Para. A1/7.3 PL no Act on granting protection to foreigners within the territory of the Republic of Poland (Ustawa o udzielaniu cudzoziemcom ochrony na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), Articles 62 and 67 in combination with provisions of Chapter 6 PT no Law 27/2008 (Lei No. 27/2008), as amended in 2014, Article 35B (6) Legal source 105