Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) (United Kingdom) made on 19 December 2011 - MA, BT, DA v Secretary of State for the Home Department

(Case C-648/11)

Language of the case: English

Referring court

Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: MA, BT, DA

Defendants: Secretary of State for the Home Department

Interested party: Aire Centre

Questions referred

In Regulation 343/2003/EC establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (OJ L50 25 February 2003 p. l), where an applicant for asylum who is an unaccompanied minor with no member of his or her family legally present in another Member State has lodged claims for asylum in more than one Member State, which Member State does the second paragraph of article 6 make responsible for determining the application for asylum?

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