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Peer support for young migrants and refugees

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are equipped with the training they need to support newly arrived peers to improve their lives in the UK.

Fully fund councils to comply with asylum transfer scheme, government told

News

Thursday, November 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Ministers are being urged to ensure councils are fully funded to meet their mandatory National Transfer Scheme (NTS) commitments to support asylum-seeking children.

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

News

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The Home Office has announced temporary plans to make the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) compulsory, meaning councils must take asylum-seeking children into their care.

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.

Councils assemble vital support for Afghan children and families

Analysis

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Local authorities and charities have responded to calls to resettle thousands of people evacuated from Afghanistan, but while some have developed specialist reception services others are in the dark over the scale of support needed.

Kent resumes accepting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

News

Thursday, September 16, 2021

| CYP Now

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

Home Office announces support for Afghan child refugees

News

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Details of the government’s initiative to support refugees from Afghanistan, including children, arriving in the UK have been revealed by the Home Office.

Denying refugee children protection

Features

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

With new asylum legislation going through parliament, Joyinola Layonu, legal and policy assistant at the Migrant Children’s Project at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, looks at concerns for children’s rights.

Charities call for stronger support for unaccompanied Afghan children

News

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

| CYP Now

Unaccompanied child refugees from Afghanistan should be housed in “safe and supportive” accommodation instead of hotels and each be entitled to help from an independent guardian, charities have said.

Croydon set to stop accepting asylum-seeking children over £2.3m funding gap

News

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

| CYP Now

Croydon Council could stop accepting new unaccompanied asylum-seeking children into its care amid fears of “jeopardising frontline children’s services”.

Charities slam use of unregulated accommodation for child refugees

News

Friday, July 30, 2021

| CYP Now

A raft of charities have written to the Education Secretary criticising the use of “inappropriate accommodation” such as immigration centres and hotels to house child asylum-seekers who arrive in England.

National Transfer Scheme could be made compulsory unless councils ‘get behind’ rota system

News

Thursday, July 8, 2021

| CYP Now

The National Transfer Scheme (NTS) could be made compulsory if local authorities do not “get behind” a voluntary rota system to house unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), the children’s minister has said.

Nationality and Borders Bill endangers vulnerable children, warn campaigners

News

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.

Rise in child refugees sparks calls for mandatory transfer scheme

Analysis

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Amid a rise in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children coming to the UK, council chiefs in Kent say voluntary national support scheme has failed and call for it to be made compulsory to share pressures around the country.

Immigration status and Brexit

Analysis

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

Expert says councils must take measures to ensure children in care have leave to remain from 2021.

Interview: Helen Johnson – Refugee Council’s head of children’s services

Features

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to the Refugee Council’s head of children’s services on post-Brexit support for unaccompanied children.

Podcast documents young person’s fight to clarify immigration status

Best Practice

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.

Let’s put our minds to solving refugee crisis

Opinion

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Recent research stated that 100,000 children are in London without secure immigration status, yet, last month, MPs voted to drop child refugee protections from the Brexit Bill.

Research shapes guide to help children navigate asylum system

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Focus groups of young refugees used to develop and design the resource.

'Free' early education entitlement

Features

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines the expansion of the funded early education entitlement to include children in families who have no recourse to public funds.

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Peer support for young migrants and refugees

Fully fund councils to comply with asylum transfer scheme, government told

National Transfer Scheme becomes compulsory

Legal Update: Support for Afghan children

Councils assemble vital support for Afghan children and families

Kent resumes accepting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Home Office announces support for Afghan child refugees

Denying refugee children protection

Charities call for stronger support for unaccompanied Afghan children

Croydon set to stop accepting asylum-seeking children over £2.3m funding gap

Charities slam use of unregulated accommodation for child refugees

National Transfer Scheme could be made compulsory unless councils ‘get behind’ rota system

Nationality and Borders Bill endangers vulnerable children, warn campaigners

Rise in child refugees sparks calls for mandatory transfer scheme

Immigration status and Brexit

Interview: Helen Johnson – Refugee Council’s head of children’s services

Podcast documents young person’s fight to clarify immigration status

Let’s put our minds to solving refugee crisis

Research shapes guide to help children navigate asylum system

'Free' early education entitlement

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