Migrant Children's Project Newsletter July 2019 Follow us on Twitter If you used our guidance and resources recently, please take two minutes to help us improve them by completing our short survey here. 'Normality is a luxury': how limited leave to remain blights young lives Young migrant activists from Let Us Learn have published a report which lays out the experiences of 14 young people and how the hostile environment and their temporary immigration status have blighted their lives. The report contains vital testimony from young people trapped within the immigration system. Read it in full here. To help maximise the impact of this report, please consider sending it to your MP and tweeting using the hastags #AffordableFeesFairTreatment and #WeBelong. Happy 70th birthday legal aid! This week legal aid turned 70 years old, and the Ministry of Justice finally published regulations which, once law, will mean separated migrant children in care (no matter what their status) can access legal advice for free. Together with our friends at Just for Kids Law, MiCLU, the Children's Society and Islington Law Centre we've produced a practical briefing on accessing legal aid for these children; read about it here. We've also updated our fact sheets to reflect this change: take a look at our re-written fact sheets on finding an solicitor for a child and legal aid and exceptional case funding. New resources for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in local authority care Young people from the All4One youth group co-ordinated by the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit have written a ‘how to’ guide for local authority staff and others about the support they need as young people in care affected by immigration control. If you work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, take a look at the guide and supplement it with some refreshed legal guidance from the Migrant Children's Project: we've written our fact sheets on UASC leave, local authority support for asylum-seeking children and claiming asylum as a child. If you have queries about these or other issues, please contact our advice line at mcpadvice@coramclc.org.uk. Our upcoming training courses Our courses can all be booked online - just visit our Eventbrite page! An introduction to the rights of children and young people in the immigration system Coram Campus, London Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 2pm - 5pm Access to education for migrant children Coram Campus, London Thursday 17 October 2019, 2pm - 5pm The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 10am - 4:30pm 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 ‘Normality is a luxury: How limited leave to remain is blighting young lives' Let Us Learn, July 2019 Six Things Guide for Local Authority Staff Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, June 2019 Good Character Requirements: Draft British Nationality Act 1981 (Remedial) Order 2019 - Second Report UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, July 2019 Latest news Home Office rejects immigration detention time limit BBC News, 31 July 2019 Leave to remain – but no home to remain in after fees treble The Guardian, 31 July 2019 UK decision to deny EU citizens access to data challenged in court The Guardian, 23 July 2019 Councils refusing to reveal data of rough sleepers to Home Office The Guardian, 17 July 2019 Flawed Home Office app stops EU citizen getting settled status The Guardian, 15 July 2019 The Home Office’s harsh ‘good character’ tests are ruining children’s lives The Guardian, 10 July 2019 Stop denying citizenship to British-born kids, government told Free Movement (£), 9 July 2019 "They told me to stop crying at night": How the UK is failing asylum seeking children Open Democracy, 1 July 2019 Home Office to lift cap on ‘inadequate’ help for trafficking victims The Independent, 1 July 2019 Let us know what you think! Do you use our website, publications or advice line? Your thoughts and feedback help us ensure that we're providing the right information and support. Please take two minutes to complete our short survey. You can read our privacy policy here. If you have any questions or concerns about your data, you can contact us on mcp@coramclc.org.uk. |