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Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is struggling to complete inspections of all local authority children's services departments to schedule because it is "significantly under-resourced against agreed budgets", it has emerged.

Croydon set to stop accepting asylum-seeking children over £2.3m funding gap

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

| CYP Now

Croydon Council could stop accepting new unaccompanied asylum-seeking children into its care amid fears of “jeopardising frontline children’s services”.

Charities call for stronger support for unaccompanied Afghan children

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

| CYP Now

Unaccompanied child refugees from Afghanistan should be housed in “safe and supportive” accommodation instead of hotels and each be entitled to help from an independent guardian, charities have said.

Thousands of child asylum seekers told to leave UK

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost 3,000 asylum seeking children aged between 18 and 25 were served with removal directions between 2010 and 2014, it has been revealed.

Six children kept in detention centres despite vow to end practice

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Six children were detained in UK Border Agency detention centres for immigration purposes in March, despite a coalition pledge to end the practice.

Immigration detainee dies after being found hanging at Glen Parva

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| CYP Now

An immigration detainee has died in hospital a week after being found hanging in his cell at a young offender institution (YOI).

Fears raised over treatment of asylum-seeking children

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Asylum-seeking children have been routinely sent back to France within 24 hours under a "gentlemen's agreement", contrary to the requirement to safeguard their welfare, a report by the children's commissioner for England has revealed.

Legality of plans to deport asylum-seeking Afghan children questioned

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Proposals to return unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to Afghanistan could be unlawful, Coram Children's Legal Centre has warned.

Services are failing to support refugee children in accessing education, claims charity

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Poor practice and a lack of guidance mean refugee children are struggling to access education, according to the Refugee Council.

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.

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is holding discussions about the possibility of outsourcing elements of its children's social care work in order to help deal with an influx of asylum-seeking children, it has emerged.

Gemma test

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Detention of child refugees continues to rise

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Saturday, July 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The detention of children for immigration purposes is continuing to rise, MPs have heard.

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.

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.

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.

MPs reverse amendments on legal aid

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| CYP Now

MPs have reversed an amendment made by the House of Lords that called for children to be protected from any changes to legal aid.

Concerns raised over welfare of undocumented children

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised about the welfare of tens of thousands of children and young people whose legal right to remain in the UK is uncertain.

Lawyers join calls to halt x-rays for child asylum-seekers

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Immigration lawyers have added their voice to demands that the government immediately halts trials using dental x-rays to determine the age of asylum-seeking children.

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The Home Office has announced temporary plans to make the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) compulsory, meaning councils must take asylum-seeking children into their care.

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 750 trafficking victims and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went missing in the space of a single year, with 40 per cent of them yet to be found, it has emerged.

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.

Child refugee scheme set for UK-wide expansion

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Friday, December 8, 2017

| CYP Now

A Home Office scheme that sees councils volunteer to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) from other areas is to be expanded across the UK.

Young asylum-seekers being left homeless and hungry, charity warns

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people are being left homeless and hungry, according to the latest report by The Children's Society.

Child asylum seekers forced to live below poverty line

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Asylum support levels for children and families have left around 10,000 children in severe poverty, because payments fall "alarmingly below" mainstream benefit levels, a report by The Children's Society has found.

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Ofsted children's services inspections hit by funding problems

Croydon set to stop accepting asylum-seeking children over £2.3m funding gap

Charities call for stronger support for unaccompanied Afghan children

Thousands of child asylum seekers told to leave UK

Six children kept in detention centres despite vow to end practice

Immigration detainee dies after being found hanging at Glen Parva

Fears raised over treatment of asylum-seeking children

Legality of plans to deport asylum-seeking Afghan children questioned

Services are failing to support refugee children in accessing education, claims charity

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

Kent in talks to outsource children's social care

Gemma test

Detention of child refugees continues to rise

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Child trafficking advocates will be 'toothless', charity warns

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

MPs reverse amendments on legal aid

Concerns raised over welfare of undocumented children

Lawyers join calls to halt x-rays for child asylum-seekers

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

Torture survivors face 'shocking' poverty levels

Child refugee scheme set for UK-wide expansion

Young asylum-seekers being left homeless and hungry, charity warns

Child asylum seekers forced to live below poverty line

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