56Such an interpretation would have the consequence that two unaccompanied minors of the same age who have each submitted, at the same time, an application for international protection could, as regards the right to family reunification, be treated differently as a result of the duration of the processing of those applications on which they generally have no influence and which, beyond the complexity of the situations at issue, may depend both upon how much work the competent authorities have and the political choices made by Member States as regards the staff made available to those authorities and the cases to be dealt with as a priority.
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