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Podcast documents young person’s fight to clarify immigration status

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Rights-based charity helped a young person it was supporting to produce a podcast about his fight to remain in the UK and resolve his immigration status.

Social workers told to give ‘benefit of doubt' when assessing asylum seekers' age

News

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Social workers should "give the benefit of the doubt" to asylum seekers when deciding whether they are a child or an adult, children's services leaders have said.

Report raises concerns over staff awareness of duties to child immigration detainees

News

Thursday, April 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Holding facilities for immigration detainees have improved in recent years but concerns remain around some issues relating to children, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, police custody and bullying

Other

Friday, April 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Advocates help young asylum seekers, government backs ruling on 17-year-olds in police custody, and overprotective parents increase bullying risk, all in the news today.

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

News

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Thousands of children are being forced into severe poverty because of alarmingly low levels of support for them and their families, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Legal Update: Shared responsibility

Features

Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how local authorities are meeting the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Separated children in care

Features

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.

Legal Update: Legal win over student finance

Other

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Supreme Court has ruled that the eligibility criteria for student loans are unjustifiably discriminatory, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Child trafficking victims let down by legal aid cuts

News

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.

Legal Update: Migrants' access to healthcare

Other

Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, Coram Children's Legal Centre's policy and programmes manager, raises concerns about recent restrictions on migrants' access to healthcare which present a barrier to children's wellbeing.

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

News

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.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Young people left without status

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the duty on local authorities to address the immigration issues facing children in their care.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

Other

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Marianne Lagrue, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines issues faced by unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Government blames councils for sharp reduction in child refugee intake

News

Thursday, February 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to significantly reduce the number of lone child refugees it plans to accept from Europe, claiming that local authorities do not have the capacity to accommodate them.

Four in 10 councils 'unwilling to take child refugees from other areas'

News

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Around 40 per cent of councils across England have not signed up to a voluntary scheme to take child refugees from other areas, amid concerns that central government is not providing enough funding to cover the true cost, a report has revealed.

Lib Dems vow to bolster children's rights if elected

News

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.

Legal Update: Support for Afghan children

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Marianne Lagrue, policy manager, Coram Children’s Legal Centre, assesses what political upheaval in Afghanistan means for the support that councils should provide to looked-after children and care leavers.

Daily roundup: Asylum inquiry, contraception, and Scotland rejects mosquito device ban

Other

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

| CYP Now

Former children's minister Sarah Teather to lead inquiry on asylum support for children, teenage girls choose the pill over the condom, and Scotland rules out a ban of the mosquito, all in the news today.

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

News

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The amount of money councils receive from central government to cover the cost of looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be reviewed, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

Other

Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Society warns that the asylum processes is frightening children, a mobile youth scheme expands, and a study into dealing with antisocial behaviour, all in the news today.

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Podcast documents young person’s fight to clarify immigration status

Social workers told to give ‘benefit of doubt' when assessing asylum seekers' age

Report raises concerns over staff awareness of duties to child immigration detainees

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, police custody and bullying

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

Legal Update: Shared responsibility

Separated children in care

Legal Update: Legal win over student finance

Child trafficking victims let down by legal aid cuts

Legal Update: Migrants' access to healthcare

Ombudsman criticises support for young woman attempting to stay in UK

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Young people left without status

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

Government blames councils for sharp reduction in child refugee intake

Four in 10 councils 'unwilling to take child refugees from other areas'

Lib Dems vow to bolster children's rights if elected

Legal Update: Support for Afghan children

Daily roundup: Asylum inquiry, contraception, and Scotland rejects mosquito device ban

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

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