The National Children’s Bureau (NCB)’s three-year evaluation into four charity projects working with young people leaving care with insecure immigration status, found that they are at risk of losing their entitlement to housing, benefits and legal aid if they are not given the right support while still in the care of the local authority before they reach the age of 18.
It is estimated that at least 18,934, approximately 15 per cent, of all looked-after children and care leavers in England have a potential unresolved immigration status, according to figures from the South London Refugee Association and Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
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