Children's welfare should be considered at every stage of the criminal justice system when their parents are facing detention or imprisonment, a group of charities is urging.
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.
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.
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at calls for changes to special guardianship orders to ensure that carers are adequately prepared and supported.
Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.
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.
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines changes to data collection on private fostering arrangements and what further work is needed to safeguard children and young people.