Migrant Children's Project Newsletter
March 2019
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minutes to help us improve them by completing our short survey here. EU settlement scheme report The application scheme for European nationals and their family members living in the UK opened on Saturday 30th March. The Home Office has published guidance in English and in 15 other languages to date, though translations are expected for all EU 23 languages soon. CCLC was part of the testing process of this scheme to see how and if it functioned for vulnerable children, young people and families. We published the findings from this work, including a series of recommendations to local and national government, in a report last month. Read 'Uncertain futures: the EU settlement scheme and children and young people’s right to remain in the UK' for more information. Alongside this we have published guidance for individuals making applications under the scheme and for those working with European national looked after children and care leavers.
Law Commission consultation on the Immigration Rules The Law Commission is looking for feedback from people who have used the Immigration Rules or made applications to the Home Office. The Immigration Rules have been criticised by people, including senior Judges, for being too complicated. The Commission has a detailed consultation paper, but for people with first-hand experience and without much time, they have broken this down into three key questions. What is your experience of using the Immigration Rules? Do you think that they should be made easier to understand? What type of mistakes do you think are made by people making applications? What is your experience of using application forms? Do you think that online application forms help? What would make application forms and the online system better? Responses can be sent directly to the Law Commission by emailing immigration@lawcommission.gov.uk before the deadline on 26 April 2019. You do not have to give the Law Commission your name when you do this, but please tell them how you heard about the consultation. Immigration fees will not rise in April CCLC are pleased to announced the fees for immigration and nationality applications will not be going up in April 2019. Fees normally rise annually, but will not be going up next month. This is a much-needed win for young migrants, who must still pay eye-wateringly high fees every two and a half years on a long pathway to settlement, or to access British citizenship. The Home Office is expected to publish a report into these fees by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on 4 April 2019.
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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 Thursday 27 June 2019, 2pm - 5pm Access to education for migrant children
Coram Campus, London Thursday 16 May 2019, 2pm - 5pm The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London Wednesday 17 April 2019, 10:30am - 4pm Thursday 6 June 2019, 10:30am - 4pm 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 Uncertain futures: the EU settlement scheme and children and young people’s right to remain in the UK
Coram Children's Legal Centre, March 2019
Immigration Detention
Home Affairs Committee, March 2019
Latest news Calais child refugees went on hunger strike after UK transfer delays
The Guardian, 31 March 2019
'I grew up here but I'm not British...yet'
BBC News, 29 March 2019
Children's rights could suffer after Brexit, charity warns
Al Jazeera, 18 March 2019
Thousands of children 'could become undocumented' after Brexit
The Guardian, 18 March 2019
Sajid Javid urged to act on refugee family reunification bill
The Guardian, 15 March 2019
Brexit: 'Home Office should lose its immigration duties'
The Guardian, 8 March 2019
The Observer view on the UK’s right to rent shame
The Observer, 3 March 2019
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