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Charities slam use of unregulated accommodation for child refugees

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.

Separated children in care

Features

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.

Separated children in care

Features

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.

Asylum support: six key asks

Analysis

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

A group of young people in care and affected by asylum have devised advice on how best to support them.

Legal Q&A: Legal aid for unaccompanied children's immigration cases

Other

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

| CYP Now

Folk High Schools, Sweden

Best Practice

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

| CYP Now

In 2015, Sweden received 35,369 unaccompanied minors seeking asylum. This was two-and-a-half times the number received in Germany that year and five times the number in 2014.

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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

Separated children in care

Separated children in care

Asylum support: six key asks

Legal Q&A: Legal aid for unaccompanied children's immigration cases

Folk High Schools, Sweden

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