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Descriptor English: Unaccompanied Minor
Descriptor Spanish: Menor no Acompañado
Descriptor menor no acompañado
Scope note: Un niño menor de 15 años de edad que ha sido separado de ambos PADRES después de un desastre, éxodo o desplazamiento de REFUGIADOS, y para cuyo cuidado no se puede encontrar ninguna persona que por ley o costumbre tenga la responsabilidad principal. Las ORGANIZACIONES humanitarias suelen cuidar de los MENORES o niños no acompañados en espera de la reunificación familiar. Es práctica habitual permitir que los niños no acompañados mayores de 15 años tomen decisiones sobre soluciones duraderas por ellos mismos. (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Menor não Acompanhado
Descriptor French: Mineur Non Accompagné
Entry term(s): Unaccompanied Child
Tree number(s): SP8.570.747.231.830.402.568.993.201.505
SP8.665.912.506
Scope note: A child under 15 years of age who has been separated from both parents following a disaster, exodus or refugee displacement, and for whose care no person can be found who by law or custom has primary responsibility. Humanitarian organizations usually take care of accompanied minors/children pending family reunion. It is the usual practice to allow unaccompanied children over 15 to take decisions concerning durable solutions for themselves. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Refugees MeSH
DeCS ID: 35134
Unique ID: DDCS035134
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Unaccompanied Minor - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060990
Scope note A child under 15 years of age who has been separated from both parents following a disaster, exodus or refugee displacement, and for whose care no person can be found who by law or custom has primary responsibility. Humanitarian organizations usually take care of accompanied minors/children pending family reunion. It is the usual practice to allow unaccompanied children over 15 to take decisions concerning durable solutions for themselves. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Unaccompanied Minor
Entry term(s) Unaccompanied Child



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