For the past year, we have been working with children’s services and leaving care teams to meet the needs of children in care and care leavers affected by Brexit immigration changes.
As a result of Brexit, people from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – and people from elsewhere but whose immigration status is dependent on a family member from one of those countries – need to make an immigration application to stay in the UK lawfully.
This needs action from every local authority because children in care and care leavers also need to apply to regularise their immigration status. Some councils will be corporate parents to greater numbers of affected children than others, but all need to go through a process of identifying which of their children and young people need Brexit immigration support.
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