In this article, I discuss philosophical questions related to minor refugees. In the genuinely philosophical debate, there is—in contrast to adult refugees—almost no literature that explicitly deals with child refugees. This is regrettable since some philosophical-normative questions are obvious here. Two particularly important questions for philosophy can be elaborated: What can philosophy contribute to a better understanding of the situation of minor refugees, in particular what normative and ethical questions are associated with the status of minor refugees and what rights and duties do they have? What can philosophy contribute to improving the situation of child refugees, i.e. to asking which actors should assume responsibility here and how structures should be changed in order to achieve more justice? I will then discuss five sets of issues that seem important to me for understanding the philosophical concerns associated with child refugees: who is a child and what does it mean to be a child; who is a refugee and what distinguishes refugees from other migrants; what are children’s rights; what is the value of the family; what is the role of temporality in understanding the situation of child refugees (i.e. their age, the duration and timing of their flight). Finally, I will briefly mention desiderata for further philosophical research.