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Dropped deportation cases cast doubt on Home Office decision making

Thursday, October 9, 2014

| CYP Now

More than one in three families with children initially earmarked to be deported from the UK had the cases against them dropped, official figures show.

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has resisted calls from MPs to backtrack on a controversial policy that will prevent asylum-seeking children from having access to legal aid.

Barnardo's and 23 councils set for child trafficking advocate drive

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The Home Office has named 23 English local authorities that will trial the use of independent advocates to support child victims of trafficking.

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

Benefit policies ‘push asylum-seeking children into poverty'

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

A government funding freeze on support for asylum-seeking children in the UK has been heavily criticised in a report by The Children's Society.

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Government rejects calls for reforms to young migrant support

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected a raft of recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) surrounding the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children.

Child trafficking advocates will be 'toothless', charity warns

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Proposals to improve support for child slavery victims by providing them with independent advocates do not go far enough, a campaign organisation has warned.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Changes to the deportation process introduced by the coalition government can be "distressing" and "intimidating" for children and families, a report has found.

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| CYP Now

A peer support project for boys and young men who have been victims of human trafficking has been set up by Ecpat UK and the Children's Society.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Victims of child trafficking are being let down through "a culture of doubt and suspicion" across the justice and social care systems, according to a damning report by the Refugee Council and the Children's Society.

Age-disputed children continue to be detained

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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Children are continuing to be held at Yarl's Wood and other adult immigration detention centres more than two years after the coalition government announced detention of under-18s would stop, latest statistics have shown.

Torture survivors face 'shocking' poverty levels

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Torture survivors seeking asylum in the UK, some of them young people, are experiencing "shocking" levels of poverty that hinders their recovery from trauma, research has found.