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BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Immigration centre slammed for holding pregnant women

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| CYP Now

An immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire has been criticised by the chief inspector of prisons after being found to have held nearly 100 pregnant women there despite the practice being against government policy.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

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Friday, July 31, 2015

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Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

Families unnecessarily held at immigration removal centre, report finds

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Families and children held at an immigration removal centre could have been put up in a hotel instead, a report has found.

Lib Dems vow to bolster children's rights if elected

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's rights groups have welcomed the Liberal Democrats' manifesto pledge to enshrine the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into UK law.

Immigration detention splits children from one in six families

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Children in one in six families detained by the government for immigration purposes are being separated from their parents, it has emerged.

Human rights committee condemns government poverty record

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised the government for eroding the rights of vulnerable children, including child migrants and those living in poverty.

Child trafficking victims let down by legal aid cuts

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Friday, March 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children and families have been among the hardest hit by cuts to legal aid, according to a critical report by MPs.

Lords back legal advocates for child trafficking victims

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The House of Lords has backed amendments to the Modern Slavery Bill to increase the legal powers of advocates for child trafficking victims.

Child trafficking victims to get legal guardians

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's rights campaigners have welcomed last-minute changes to the Modern Slavery Bill to give advocates for child trafficking victims legal powers.

Dropped deportation cases cast doubt on Home Office decision making

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

| CYP Now

More than one in three families with children initially earmarked to be deported from the UK had the cases against them dropped, official figures show.

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has resisted calls from MPs to backtrack on a controversial policy that will prevent asylum-seeking children from having access to legal aid.

Barnardo's and 23 councils set for child trafficking advocate drive

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The Home Office has named 23 English local authorities that will trial the use of independent advocates to support child victims of trafficking.

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

Benefit policies ‘push asylum-seeking children into poverty'

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

A government funding freeze on support for asylum-seeking children in the UK has been heavily criticised in a report by The Children's Society.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A pilot to provide independent advocates to child trafficking victims will take place in 23 councils from September, two months after it was originally planned to go live.

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected a raft of recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) surrounding the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children.

Child trafficking advocates will be 'toothless', charity warns

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals to improve support for child slavery victims by providing them with independent advocates do not go far enough, a campaign organisation has warned.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Changes to the deportation process introduced by the coalition government can be "distressing" and "intimidating" for children and families, a report has found.

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| CYP Now

A peer support project for boys and young men who have been victims of human trafficking has been set up by Ecpat UK and the Children's Society.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Victims of child trafficking are being let down through "a culture of doubt and suspicion" across the justice and social care systems, according to a damning report by the Refugee Council and the Children's Society.

Age-disputed children continue to be detained

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Children are continuing to be held at Yarl's Wood and other adult immigration detention centres more than two years after the coalition government announced detention of under-18s would stop, latest statistics have shown.

Torture survivors face 'shocking' poverty levels

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Torture survivors seeking asylum in the UK, some of them young people, are experiencing "shocking" levels of poverty that hinders their recovery from trauma, research has found.

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BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Immigration centre slammed for holding pregnant women

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

Families unnecessarily held at immigration removal centre, report finds

Lib Dems vow to bolster children's rights if elected

Immigration detention splits children from one in six families

Human rights committee condemns government poverty record

Child trafficking victims let down by legal aid cuts

Lords back legal advocates for child trafficking victims

Child trafficking victims to get legal guardians

Dropped deportation cases cast doubt on Home Office decision making

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

Barnardo's and 23 councils set for child trafficking advocate drive

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

Benefit policies ‘push asylum-seeking children into poverty'

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

Child trafficking advocates will be 'toothless', charity warns

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

Age-disputed children continue to be detained

Torture survivors face 'shocking' poverty levels

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