The report describes and clarifies the statistical and development trends in the field of migration and international protection in the EU and its Member States in 2004 compared to the previous period. The Slovak Republic did not contribute to this report.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings of the EMN synthesis report on system of protection and care for unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States and Norway including reasons for the arrival of unaccompanied minors to the EU and Norway, systems of admission, integration measures, the issue of their disappearance and escape and return and reintegration to their countries of origin.

This EMN Inform complements the Commission's 3rd Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum and presents the main EU and national developments taking place in 2011 with regard to international protection, including related statistics. The information is also based on EMN National Annual Policy Reports 2011.