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We made sure that the best interests of the child are a ‘primary consideration’
RCRP were heavily involved in this landmark case in which Lady Hale set out the relevance and weight of the concept of ‘Best Interests of the Child’ in an immigration context. This truly landmark case involved a family in which one parent was British, but was effectively incapable of parenting
We made sure that children see social services BEFORE formal screening
AN & FA (Children), R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 1636. The challenge brought in AN & FA resulted from work done by Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ), a national charity providing legal advice to refugees and migrants in the
We are fighting for the rights of young asylum seekers
Five years after the judgment in ZH Tanzania it was apparent that despite Lady Hale’s clear statement of the weight to be given to the rights of the child, and call for the voice of the child to be heard in immigration proceedings, children were still going unheard and that