in care in accessing help that they are entitled to, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for looked-after children and children in care is currently carrying out an inquiry into entitlements that children in care and care leavers receive. Although policy relating to children in care and leaving care is determined by the Department for Education, the lead agency for all refugee and migrant children is still the Home Office, which has resulted in a growing gap between the treatment of children generally and the treatment of children who are subject to immigration control.
In this context, the APPG inquiry was a welcome opportunity for professionals and young people themselves to raise concerns about the treatment of young refugees and migrants. Many of the difficulties they face in understanding and accessing their rights and entitlements are common to all children in care, but issues such as language barriers, cultural differences and the complex legal processes that they must navigate make this group more vulnerable than most.
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