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Legal Update: Rights of migrant care leavers

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Without permanent immigration status, young migrant or refugee care leavers face an uncertain time, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Skills for the Job: Supporting migrant children

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Monday, October 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Unaccompanied migrant children face multiple challenges, which, with the right support, professionals can help them overcome.

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.

Afghan stowaways have right to care and support

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Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson says Afghan stowaways deserve help.

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.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Refugee family reunion rule

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

A recent case has implications for the rules regarding family reunions for children abroad who have refugee parents or carers in the UK.

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.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, police custody and bullying

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Friday, April 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Advocates help young asylum seekers, government backs ruling on 17-year-olds in police custody, and overprotective parents increase bullying risk, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Asylum inquiry, contraception, and Scotland rejects mosquito device ban

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

| CYP Now

Former children's minister Sarah Teather to lead inquiry on asylum support for children, teenage girls choose the pill over the condom, and Scotland rules out a ban of the mosquito, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Society warns that the asylum processes is frightening children, a mobile youth scheme expands, and a study into dealing with antisocial behaviour, all in the news today.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

At least 6,000 children will be prevented from accessing legal support as a result of cuts to legal aid, The Children's Society has warned.

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.

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Legal Update: Rights of migrant care leavers

Skills for the Job: Supporting migrant children

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

Afghan stowaways have right to care and support

Minister reveals delay to trafficking victims' advocate pilots

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Refugee family reunion rule

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

Children 'intimidated' by family returns process

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, police custody and bullying

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

Daily roundup: Asylum inquiry, contraception, and Scotland rejects mosquito device ban

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

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

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