7. The separation of refugee families has, in certain regions of the world, given rise to a number of particularly delicate problems relating to unaccompanied minors. Every effort should be made to trace the parents or other close relatives of unaccompanied minors before their resettlement. Efforts to clarify their family situation with sufficient certainty should also be continued after resettlement. Such efforts are of particular importance before an adoption involving a severance of links with the natural family is decided upon.
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In order to promote the rapid integration of refugee families in the country of settlement, joining close family membres should in principle be granted the same legal status and facilities as the head of the family who has been formally recognized as a refugee.
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In appropriate cases family reunification should be facilitated by special measures of assistance to the head of family so that economic and housing difficulties in the country of asylum do not unduly delay the granting of permission for the entry of the family members.
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