emergency situationmeans a situation resulting from:
family membermeans any third-country national who complies with the definition under Union law relevant to the policy area of action supported under the Fund;
international protectionmeans refugee status and subsidiary protection status within the meaning of Directive 2011/95/EU;
other humanitarian admission programmesmeans an ad hoc process whereby a Member State admits a number of third-country nationals to stay on its territory for a temporary period of time in order to protect them from urgent humanitarian crises due to events such as political developments or conflicts;
removalmeans the enforcement of the obligation to return, namely the physical transportation out of the Member State, as defined in Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;
resettlementmeans the process whereby, on a request from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (‘UNHCR’) based on a person’s need for international protection, third-country nationals are transferred from a third country and established in a Member State where they are permitted to reside with one of the following statuses:
returnmeans the process of a third-country national going back, whether in voluntary compliance with an obligation to return or enforced, as defined in Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;
third-country nationalmeans any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU.
unaccompanied minormeans a third-country national below the age of 18 years, who arrives or arrived on the territory of a Member State unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him/her whether by law or the national practice of the Member State concerned, and for as long as he/she is not effectively taken into the care of such a person;
voluntary departuremeans compliance with the obligation to return within the time-limit fixed for that purpose in the return decision, as defined in Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;
vulnerable personmeans any third-country national who complies with the definition under Union law relevant to the policy area of action supported under the Fund;