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

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.

Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention

Other

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.

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.

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

News

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 750 trafficking victims and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went missing in the space of a single year, with 40 per cent of them yet to be found, it has emerged.

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

News

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

| CYP Now

The government should agree to take in an additional 3,000 child refugees from Syria who are stranded in Europe, a group of MPs has said.

Ask the Experts: Solutions for asylum seekers

Other

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Legal Update: Guardians for separated children

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Winnie Banda, legal adviser at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the Modern Slavery Act and the importance of providing guardians for separated children and young people.

Families unnecessarily held at immigration removal centre, report finds

News

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Families and children held at an immigration removal centre could have been put up in a hotel instead, a report has found.

How targeted support helps young asylum seekers

Other

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Project improves the wellbeing and life chances of young refugees and asylum seekers.

Refugee support sparks dispute

Other

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Kent is calling for a compulsory scheme to disperse refugee children, but some warn such plans will fail.

Legal Update: Migrant looked-after children

Features

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| CYP Now

With one in 10 children in care being non-British, local authorities need to do more to identify and address their needs, says Marianne Lagrue, policy manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.

Policies would fail 'family test'

Other

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised recent government reforms for being anything but family friendly.

Child trafficking advocate scheme faces further delays

News

Thursday, February 2, 2017

| CYP Now

An initiative designed to support vulnerable child trafficking victims is unlikely to launch until 2019 at the earliest, more than four years behind schedule, it has been claimed.

Legal help for migrant children

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Initiative reduces destitution among migrant children.

Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

Features

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the Illegal Migration Bill's impact on children and agencies.

Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Local authorities and refugee charities are preparing to support the 20,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK, while a large rise in the number of unaccompanied children is already putting some councils under pressure.

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

News

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Government is considering forcing local authorities to take on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in order to ease pressure on Kent County Council, it has emerged.

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

News

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.

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

News

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, free school meals and early intervention

Other

Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Report warns of "disgraceful" conditions for child asylum seekers at Heathrow Airport; head teachers criticise insufficient free school meals funding; and charity calls for greater early intervention support, all in the news today.

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

Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention

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

'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

UK should take 3,000 more child refugees, MPs say

Ask the Experts: Solutions for asylum seekers

Legal Update: Guardians for separated children

Families unnecessarily held at immigration removal centre, report finds

How targeted support helps young asylum seekers

Refugee support sparks dispute

Legal Update: Migrant looked-after children

Policies would fail 'family test'

Child trafficking advocate scheme faces further delays

Legal help for migrant children

Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

Councils gear up to tackle needs of refugee children and families

Government threatens to force councils to take on asylum-seeking children

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

Children plunged into 'severe poverty' by asylum benefit system

Daily roundup: Asylum, free school meals and early intervention

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