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Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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  • Monday, September 28, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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  • Monday, April 14, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

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  • Tuesday, March 15, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the gaps in service provision for families and child victims of trafficking and how this group can be better supported.

Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.

Rescued from trafficking

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  • Tuesday, February 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Victims of child trafficking are gaining help to overcome their trauma and build a future for themselves at a London youth group run by the charity Ecpat UK. Jo Stephenson visits the group to see it in action

Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Migrant Children's Project, examines the findings of a recent inquiry on immigration detention.

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?

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