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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

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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

Friday, March 30, 2012

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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.

Legal Update: Rights of migrant care leavers

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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Without permanent immigration status, young migrant or refugee care leavers face an uncertain time, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Migrant children's rights to work and train

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Different laws apply depending on the legal status of a migrant child, as well as the type of work or training they wish to do.

Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Migrant Children's Project, examines the findings of a recent inquiry on immigration detention.

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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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.

Councils assemble vital support for Afghan children and families

Analysis

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

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Local authorities and charities have responded to calls to resettle thousands of people evacuated from Afghanistan, but while some have developed specialist reception services others are in the dark over the scale of support needed.

Interview: Helen Johnson – Refugee Council’s head of children’s services

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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Derren Hayes speaks to the Refugee Council’s head of children’s services on post-Brexit support for unaccompanied children.

The refugee crisis needs a collective council response

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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A report by MPs published this month called for the government to take an extra 3,000 child refugees from Syria currently stranded in makeshift camps in mainland Europe.

'Free' early education entitlement

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines the expansion of the funded early education entitlement to include children in families who have no recourse to public funds.

ChildRIGHT Interview: Syd Bolton, co-director, The Refugee Children's Rights Project (RCRP)

Monday, April 4, 2011

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ChildRIGHT: Immigration -- Forced return to Afghanistan

Friday, July 9, 2010

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Kamena Dorling, legal and policy officer at the Children's Legal Centre, looks at plans for forced returns of asylum-seeking children to Afghanistan.

ChildRIGHT Interview: Alison East, immigration adviser and outreach worker, Children's Legal Centre

Friday, July 9, 2010

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'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care