Unaccompanied minors shall be placed with adult relatives, with a foster-family, in reception centres for minors, or with the person who looked after them when fleeing their country of origin.

It codifies a complex corpus of legislation (9 Directives and 1 Regulation) and the extensive case law of the ECJ and provides a single, simple legal instrument on the fundamental right of free movement and residence, which will give this right more transparency and will make it easier to apply, It creates a single legal regime for free movement and residence within the context of citizenship of the Union for all categories of Union citizens while maintaining the acquired rights of workers. It improves and facilitates the exercise of the right of residence in the following ways: It extends family reunification rights of Union citizens t ...[+++]o the registered partner under certain conditions. It grants family members an autonomous right of residence in case of death of the Union citizen or the dissolution of marriage or registered partnership. It reduces administrative formalities: Union citizens will no longer be obliged to obtain a residence card but they may still be required to register with the relevant authorities and prove that they comply with residence conditions which are either to exercise an economic activity as worker or self-employed person or to have sufficient resources and a comprehensive sickness insurance. The main innovation of the Directive is the introduction of a right of permanent residence after five years of residence in the host Member State which will not longer be subject to any above condition and will ensure full equal treatment of Union citizens with nationals. The Directive finally increases protection against expulsion of Union citizens and their family members who have acquired a right of permanent residence and limits the possibility of expulsion of Union citizens who have resided in a Member State for the previous ten years or who are minors to cases based on imperative grounds of public

Moreover, as far as unaccompanied minors are concerned, Article 19(2) clearly states that they should be placed with adult relatives, foster family, in accommodation centres with special provisions for minors or in other accommodation suitable for minors.

Moreover, as far as unaccompanied minors are concerned, Article 19(2) clearly states that they should be placed with adult relatives, foster family, in accommodation centres with special provisions for minors or in other accommodation suitable for minors.

Unaccompanied minors shall be placed with adult relatives, with a foster-family, in reception centres for minors, or with the person who looked after them when fleeing their country of origin.

18. Calls on the Member States to affirm the principle that adoption is a means of protecting the rights of children rather than those of adults, and thereby to demonstrate adoption's value to society as a means of providing a caring environment, even in cases where parents refuse or find it impossible to bring up their children in a suitable family setting;