Legal Q&A: Legal aid for unaccompanied children's immigration cases
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- Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | CYP Now
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Legal Update: Immigration status and schools' access to funding
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | CYP Now
Immigration status can have profound implications for schools' ability to access additional funds for children in need of support.
Court Report: Challenge to consultation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | CYP Now
This case, brought by the charity Help Refugees Ltd, looked at the processes followed regarding the relocation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
Legal Update: Immigration bail and 'no study' conditions
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- Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | CYP Now
Home Office guidance has been revised after immigration changes left young people, including care leavers, cut off from education.
Legal Update: The costs of immigration
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- Tuesday, July 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Rising costs of making an immigration application or challenging a decision is set against the backdrop of ever-changing, complex rules, says Jessica Evans, outreach solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Family reunification for child refugees
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- Tuesday, June 7, 2016 | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan considers recent case law that may allow some refugee children to apply to be reunited with their parents or siblings.
Legal Update: Migrant children's citizenship
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- Tuesday, May 24, 2016 | CYP Now
Social services need to consider the immigration status of migrant children taken into care. Stewart MacLachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the option of applying for British citizenship.
Legal Update: Court Report - Challenge to legal aid residence test
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- Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | CYP Now
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK
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- Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | CYP Now
Marianne Lagrue, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines issues faced by unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Legal help for migrant children
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- Tuesday, March 29, 2016 | CYP Now
Initiative reduces destitution among migrant children.
Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families
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- Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | CYP Now
Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the gaps in service provision for families and child victims of trafficking and how this group can be better supported.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Young people left without status
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- 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: Blocked from higher education
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- Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explains why proposed changes to student support regulations are so significant for young people with immigration issues.
Legal Update: Immigration Bill and care leavers
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- Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | CYP Now
Stewart Maclachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines proposals in the Immigration Bill that would have a detrimental effect on young care leavers with immigration issues.
Legal Update: Age assessment guidance
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- Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.
Legal Update: Legal win over student finance
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- 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.
Legal Update: Poverty as immigration control
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- Monday, June 22, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the situation of vulnerable families with "no recourse to public funds", due to their immigration status.
Legal Update: Queen's Speech - What's in it for children?
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- Monday, June 8, 2015 | CYP Now
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.
Legal Update: Migrants' access to healthcare
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- 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.
Legal Update: Guardians for separated children
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- Monday, March 30, 2015 | CYP Now
Winnie Banda, legal adviser at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the Modern Slavery Act and the importance of providing guardians for separated children and young people.
Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
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.