GC: n
S: IOM – https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/uamas_synthesis_report2012.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021); UNCHR – https://www.unhcr.org/50aa01c310.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021).
N: 1. – foreign (adj): c. 1300, ferren, foran, foreyne, in reference to places, “outside the boundaries of a country;” of persons, “born in another country,” from Old French forain “strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor; remote, out-of-the-way” (12c.), from Medieval Latin foraneus “on the outside, exterior,” from Latin foris (adv.) “outside,” literally “out of doors,” related to foris “a door,” from PIE *dhwor-ans-, suffixed form of root *dhwer- “door, doorway.”
English spelling altered 17c., perhaps by influence of reign, sovereign. Sense of “alien to one’s nature, not connected with, extraneous” attested late 14c. Meaning “pertaining to another country” (as in foreign policy) is from 1610s. Replaced native fremd. Related: Foreignness. Old English had ælþeodig, ælþeodisc “foreign,” a compound of æl- “foreign” + þeod “people.”
– unaccompanied (adj): 1540s, “not in the company of others, having no companions,” from un- (1) “not” + past participle of accompany (v.). Musical sense “without instrumental accompaniment” is first recorded 1818.
– minor (n): early 14c., Menour, “a Franciscan,” from Latin Fratres Minores “lesser brethren,” name chosen by the order’s founder, St. Francis, for the sake of humility; see minor (adj.). From c. 1400 as “minor premise of a syllogism.” From 1610s as “person of either sex who is under legal age for the performance of certain acts” (Latin used minores (plural) for “the young”). Musical sense is from 1797 (see the adjective). Academic meaning “secondary subject of study, subject of study with fewer credits than a major” is from 1890; as a verb in this sense by 1905.
. Acronyms: FUM, UFM, UNAM.
2. The Council of the European Union has defined unaccompanied foreign minors as “thirdcountry nationals below the age of eighteen, who arrive on the territory of the Member State unaccompanied by an adult responsible for them whether by law or custom, and for as long as they are not effectively taken into the care of such a person, or minors who are left unaccompanied after they have entered the territory of the Member State”.
S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=foreign; https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=unaccompanied; https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=minor (last access: 3 May 2021); IOM – https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/uamas_synthesis_report2012.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021); Integreat – https://integreat.app/altmuehlfranken/en/children-teenagers-and-families/unaccompanied-foreign-minors-ufm (last access: 3 May 2021); TFD – https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Unaccompanied+Minor (last access: 3 May 2021). 2. Europa – https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/default/files/00_emn_inform_uam_update_final_en.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021). 3. (last access: 3 May 2021). 4. (last access: 3 May 2021).
OV: unaccompanied foreign minor
S: UNCHR – https://www.unhcr.org/en-ie/50aa01c310.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021); COE – https://www.coe.int/t/dg3/migration/archives/Source/MalagaRegConf/MG-RCONF_2005_3_Report_Morocco_en.pdf (last access: 3 May 2021).
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CR: FUM, group home.
