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The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Failure – or an opportunity? – to protect child and young migrants
The Refugee and Migrant Children's Consortium have produced a very helpful briefing around Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. The briefing considers how the bill will impact migrant children, noting: One positive aspect of the bill is that it will repeal Illegal Migration Act (IMA) measures that would have
Snapshots of reality
Young people on our Breaking the Chains project used 35mm film disposable cameras to capture their lives as part of the project evaluation. The young asylum seekers captured some beautiful images which they combined with text to create collages showing their lives and daily struggles to find protection and to
Risks to the mental health and wellbeing of Albanian Asylum seekers
The recent suicides of two Albanian males at Brook House immigration removal centre and on board the Bibby Stockholm vessel respectively point to desperate conditions in immigration detention and Home Office so-called 'non-detention' accommodation. These incidents have tragically shed a light on the alarming risks to the mental health
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Into the arms of traffickers – 18 October 2021 (Zoom)
Does the Home Office increase the risk of human trafficking by allowing lengthy delays to occur in its administration of asylum and trafficking decisions for unaccompanied and separated children? New research by Christine Beddoe examines the experiences and views of young Albanian asylum-seeking children in the UK as well as
Breaking Connections – 17 June 2021 (Zoom)
Launch of the Year 2 Evaluation for the Breaking the Chains project plus a new paper looking at challenges of working remotely with young asylum seekers. Lawyers and academics working on the project will present key learnings from the project about how effective legal representation can be provided to children
Seminar series: The merits of Albanian asylum claims based on fear of domestic violence – 12 February (Zoom)
An add-on to our series of 'Breaking the Chains' legal seminars centred around representing child and young asylum seekers. David Neale, Legal Researcher at Garden Court Chambers, will argue that the old country guidance case of DM is not an accurate reflection of the current position, and that many Albanians
