The UK will accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years, with vulnerable children and orphans being prioritised, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Kamena Dorling, Policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the new government's proposed policy and legislative agenda for children and young people.
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.
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.
Changes to the deportation process introduced by the coalition government can be "distressing" and "intimidating" for children and families, a report has found.
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.
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.
Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.