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Migrant Children's Project Newsletter
August 2017
If you have used our guidance and resources so far in 2017, please take two minutes to complete our short survey here. Trafficking  This month, three men were jailed for running cannabis staffed by Vietnamese children. However, slavery charges against the three were dropped despite investigators’ certainty that four Vietnamese teenagers were discovered locked inside the site with no access to keys. It is crucial that professionals who come into contact with potentially trafficked children are aware of the indicators of trafficking and the legal processes that should be engaged to help children and young people who may have been victims. CCLC are running a one-off training session on how to support child victims of trafficking on 13 September - book online here. Legal aid  Since 2013 legal aid has been severely restricted for immigration legal cases, and is now only available for very particular cases - or for individuals whose cases are granted exceptional funding. MCP has a fact sheet on exceptional legal aid and how to apply, here. The Children's Society has produced a new report this month on the need for legal aid for separated migrant children - 'Cut Off from Justice', and you can sign their petition calling for its reinstatement here. New fact sheet on children in care with immigration issues A child with an immigration issue may end up in care for the same reasons as any other child, such as family breakdown, for child protection reasons, or because they have been abandoned. Read the full fact sheet to find out what support is owed to these children and how to challenge a decision to provide less or no support. If you have queries about these or other issues, please contact our advice line on 0207 636 8505 or email mcpadvice@coramclc.org.uk. Our upcoming training courses Our courses can now be booked online - just visit our Eventbrite page! The registration of children as British citizens
Coram Campus, London, £25 + VAT - Wednesday 8 November, 4pm - 6:30pm
An introduction to the rights of children and young people in the immigration system
Coram Campus, London, FREE - Friday 8 September, 2pm - 5:30pm [waiting list]
- Wednesday 22 November, 2-5:30pm
Supporting EU national children in care
Coram Campus, London, £35 + VAT - Wednesday 20 September, 2pm - 5:30pm
Access to education for migrant childrenCoram Campus, London, FREE - Tuesday 3 October, 2pm - 5:30pm
The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT - Tuesday 19 September, 10am - 4:30pm
- Tuesday 14 November, 10am - 4:30pm
Supporting undocumented and NRPF families
Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT - Tuesday 10 October, 10am - 4:30pm
Working with child victims of trafficking
Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT - Wednesday 13 September 2017
For more information and to book, please see our eventbrite page. To commission in-house training for your organisation, please see our website.
New reports and guidance
Cut off from Justice: The impact of excluding separated and migrant children from legal aid
The Children's Society, 17 August 2017
Briefing on the National Transfer Scheme
Refugee Children's Consortium, August 2017
Afghanistan: Situation of young male 'Westernised' returnees to Kabul
Asylos, August 2017
Latest news
Man born and raised in UK told he is not a British citizen
The Guardian, 29 August 2017
UK Home Office 'cannot be trusted', say EU citizens' rights groups
The Guardian, 28 August 2017
Oxford-bound student from Wolverhampton faces deportation
BBC News, 25 August 2017
'I don't feel welcome anymore': EU citizens explain why they are leaving the UK in their thousands
The Independent, 24 August 2017
Theresa May under fire as student visa myth exposed
The Guardian, 24 August 2017
Expert panel to assess impact of international students on UK jobs
The Guardian, 24 August 2017
Brexit and relocating with children overseas – mind the immigration and family law gaps
Legal Gazette, 23 August 2017
Unaccompanied children face battling immigration legal cases alone
Huffington Post, 20 August 2017
Lone migrant children hit by Legal Aid cuts
Children and Young People Now, 17 August 2017
Home Office backs down on nearly 13,000 immigration appeals in five years
The National, 15 August 2017
We need a fairer immigration system for young people who have grown up in the UK
Huffington Post, 13 August 2017
Three men jailed for running cannabis factory in ex-nuclear bunker
The Guardian, 11 August 2017 Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of refugees in Calais revealed
The Guardian, 10 August 2017
Refugee children 'could be separated from their families after Brexit'
The Guardian, 4 August 2017Ray of hope for families kept apart by UK immigration enforcement
politics.co.uk, 3 August 2017How complex are the UK immigration rules and is this a problem?
Free Movement, 1 August 2017Calais welcomes refugees to a new type of jungle
Financial Times, 1 August 2017Let us know what you think! |
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