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Children's rights and extradition

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  • Monday, July 9, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Syd Bolton, solicitor and co-director of Coram Children's Legal Centre's Refugee Children's Rights Project, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's recent extradition appeals judgments

Legal Update: Poverty as immigration control

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  • Monday, June 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the situation of vulnerable families with "no recourse to public funds", due to their immigration status.

Seeking a new life

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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Each year, hundreds of young asylum seekers enter the UK in search of help and protection. Louise Hunt went to visit the Kent Refugee Action Network, one of the projects attempting to support these vulnerable children and young people to make a new life in a strange land.

Vulnerable, alone and in need of our protection

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  • Tuesday, February 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
We are all aware of how difficult it is to navigate the systems of another country - you only have to go on holiday and lose your purse to know this. Even getting to the nearest police station and reporting the loss can be difficult, never mind finding an overall solution to the problem. Can you imagine then how an 11-year-old child arriving into the UK alone might feel? Or how a 17-year-old feels when they have no "official papers"? What if English isn't your first language and you don't understand what you are being asked at all?

Legal aid for young migrants

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  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will leave many children without legal assistance, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre