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Ministers raise concerns over asylum X-ray pilots

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Children's minster Sarah Teather and Education Secretary Michael Gove have raised concerns with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) over its decision to trial X-rays for age-disputed asylum-seekers.

Council may quit refugee scheme over £3.6m funding gap

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

| CYP Now

A council is considering pulling out of a voluntary scheme for dispersing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children because government funding is £3.6m short of the predicted annual cost.

Fully fund councils to comply with asylum transfer scheme, government told

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Ministers are being urged to ensure councils are fully funded to meet their mandatory National Transfer Scheme (NTS) commitments to support asylum-seeking children.

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children three years behind at school, report warns

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

| CYP Now

The majority of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are more than three years behind their non-migrant peers at school by the time they take their GCSEs, research warns.

Sector leaders criticise ‘failing’ Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

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Sector leaders have criticised the government’s “failure” to expand its Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and provide greater support for councils after the first family was resettled through the programme, five months after its launch.

MPs criticise scientific age-assessments for asylum-seeking children

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

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The use of scientific age assessments for asylum-seeking children, in disputes over how old they are, has been described as “unethical” by MPs and peers sitting on a parliamentary human rights committee.

Young migrants will benefit from faster and affordable routes to settle in the UK, says charity

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Saturday, March 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Children’s rights campaigners are celebrating changes to immigration rules which will make it easier and more affordable for young migrants to settle in the UK.

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has been criticised for failing to properly support a young woman seeking permission to remain in the UK.

Barnardo's to run welfare services at centre for failed asylum seekers

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Barnardo's has agreed to run family welfare services at the government's planned pre-departure accommodation centre for failed asylum seekers.

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to boost the number of foster carers for refugee and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be set out in a government safeguarding strategy, it has been announced.

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Ministers raise concerns over asylum X-ray pilots

Council may quit refugee scheme over £3.6m funding gap

Fully fund councils to comply with asylum transfer scheme, government told

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children three years behind at school, report warns

Sector leaders criticise ‘failing’ Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme

MPs criticise scientific age-assessments for asylum-seeking children

Young migrants will benefit from faster and affordable routes to settle in the UK, says charity

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

Barnardo's to run welfare services at centre for failed asylum seekers

Foster care focus for child asylum strategy

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