Teen refugees can apply for families to join them in EU - court

The towers of the European Court of Justice are seen in Luxembourg, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Refugees who enter the European Union alone as minors can apply to be reunited with their families, even if they reach legal adulthood before the end of the process, the EU's top court ruled on Thursday.

At the peak of Europe's migrant crisis in 2015, 96,465 lone children applied for asylum in the EU, although numbers have fallen since then.