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“We came across so many young people whose lives were devastated”
New podcast: Hear MiCLU's Anna Skehan and Islington Law Centre's Roopa Tana talk about “de-integration”, as kids effectively become immigrants for the first time, and how children may benefit from recent changes relating to the 10-year route and citizenship applications. https://freemovement.org.uk/things-are-looking-up-for-undocumented-migrant-children/
Challenge to the 10-year-route results in Home Office concession for young people
In response to litigation by Islington Law Centre and MiCLU and campaigning work by We Belong, the Home Office yesterday announced a major policy concession in relation to the 10-year route to settlement for young people who entered the UK as children, when they accepted that some applicants should qualify for
Into the Arms of Traffickers
Earlier this week we were were excited to help launch new research by Christine Beddoe that considers how Home Office delays put young unaccompanied asylum-seekers at risk of trafficking. Young people from Shpresa Programme who took part in the research hosted and presented at the event. Their voices have been
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
Breaking the Chains Year 1 Evaluation Launch – 23 September 2020 (Zoom)
Presenting key learnings about how effective legal representation can be provided to children and young people vulnerable to exploitation, and what more is needed to create effective change. Click to register here before 21 September. View the flyer with programme here.
No right of appeal: the mass certification of Albanian asylum claims – 19 June 2019 (London)
This free event aims to critique the Home Office practice of certifying most Albanian asylum claims, including those of children, as clearly unfounded – denying people the right to appeal the decision in the UK. Speakers will cover Home Office practice in this area and asylum claims arising from blood
Breaking the Chains Project Launch – 25 April 2019 (London)
This free event marks the launch of Breaking the Chains, a partnership project dedicated to improving outcomes for Albanian children and young people seeking asylum in the UK. Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, this project works with children and young people in the asylum system, providing them with high
