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

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.

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.

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Work (BASW) is to take on the majority of functions performed by The College of Social Work (TCSW) from next month, it has been announced.

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

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Friday, August 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Thousands of migrant children entering the UK on their own are being failed by government because they are not getting long-term support, it has been claimed.

Nationality and Borders Bill endangers vulnerable children, warn campaigners

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

| CYP Now

Government plans to overhaul asylum seeker and refugee legislation will “endanger some of the most vulnerable children in our society”, charities have warned.

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government should agree to take in an additional 3,000 child refugees from Syria who are stranded in Europe, a group of MPs has said.

Age-disputed children continue to be detained

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

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.

Families unnecessarily held at immigration removal centre, report finds

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Families and children held at an immigration removal centre could have been put up in a hotel instead, a report has found.

Cameron: resettlement of child refugees 'a priority'

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Council and children's services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria.

Government delays extension of child trafficking advocates scheme

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Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has delayed plans to roll out a child trafficking advocate scheme across England and Wales.

Government considers taking additional 3,000 child refugees

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is considering allowing more unaccompanied child refugees from Syria to move to the UK.

Care Day: One in 10 children in care have unresolved immigration issues, charities warn

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

| CYP Now

At least 10 per cent of children in care and more than 10,000 young care leavers in England have unresolved immigration or citizenship issues, according to new research.

Childcare and school places shortage threatens refugee scheme

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A lack of childcare, housing and school places could undermine the UK's commitment to resettle thousands of refugee families from Syria, a government watchdog has warned.

Dropped deportation cases cast doubt on Home Office decision making

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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.

Child trafficking advocate scheme faces further delays

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to support vulnerable child trafficking victims is unlikely to launch until 2019 at the earliest, more than four years behind schedule, it has been claimed.

Call for clarity over funding of asylum dispersal schemes

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Local government and children's services leaders have called on ministers to clarify funding arrangements for dispersing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the country.

Kent resumes accepting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Kent County Council has resumed taking responsibility for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children following talks with the Home Office.

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

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Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is in talks with the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) about finding foster places for asylum-seeking children after numbers arriving in Dover doubled in the space of three months.

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

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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.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

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

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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.

NCAS conference: Child refugee costs 'unsustainable', councils warn

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

| CYP Now

The cost to councils of looking after asylum-seeking children is "unsustainable", with funding from central government only covering half the expense, children's services leaders have warned.

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

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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.

Ministers raise concerns over asylum X-ray pilots

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minster Sarah Teather and Education Secretary Michael Gove have raised concerns with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) over its decision to trial X-rays for age-disputed asylum-seekers.

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

Benefit policies ‘push asylum-seeking children into poverty'

BASW to take on College of Social Work functions

Government 'failing migrant children', charity claims

Nationality and Borders Bill endangers vulnerable children, warn campaigners

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

Age-disputed children continue to be detained

Families unnecessarily held at immigration removal centre, report finds

Cameron: resettlement of child refugees 'a priority'

Councils call for clarity over refugee support arrangements

Government delays extension of child trafficking advocates scheme

Government considers taking additional 3,000 child refugees

Care Day: One in 10 children in care have unresolved immigration issues, charities warn

Childcare and school places shortage threatens refugee scheme

Dropped deportation cases cast doubt on Home Office decision making

Child trafficking advocate scheme faces further delays

Call for clarity over funding of asylum dispersal schemes

Kent resumes accepting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Kent appeals for help to deal with surge in asylum-seeking children

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

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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

NCAS conference: Child refugee costs 'unsustainable', councils warn

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

Ministers raise concerns over asylum X-ray pilots

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