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Challenges and successes in making 7-year applications
MiCLU have been celebrating the recent success of a Kids in Need of Defense UK immigration application where the Home Office praised the detailed set of evidence prepared by lawyers conducting the case. The evidence highlighted the stigma, discrimination and abuse potentially faced by two undocumented children diagnosed with autism
Ola – the new web comic
Meet Ola, who has just received her A-level results: great news! Until she gets home to find her mum in a difficult situation... Smart, outgoing and popular, Ola is desperately trying to keep a secret from her friends. At the start of the school year she meets a new transfer
How can we provide child friendly information to child migrants?
A fantastic new resource is now available for practitioners to help them when providing information to child migrants. The Council of Europe have published “How to convey child-friendly information to children in migration: a handbook for frontline professionals," a practical handbook co-authored by pan-European experts in the
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
Conference: Precarious Citizenship: Young People who are Undocumented, Separated and Settled in the UK – 1 June 2016 (London)
This free, one-day conference, jointly organised with Birkbeck, University of London, aims to bring together young activists, academics and practitioners to share empirical and theoretical knowledge and tactics to understand how to advocate and organise around justice for young immigrants. Participants will have an opportunity to engage with the issue
Conference: The Child Refugee – Exploring the welfare needs of unaccompanied asylum seeking children – 25 May 2016 (London)
This one-day conference, organised with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is for anyone with an interest in the subject of unaccompanied, asylum-seeking children. It is a knowledge-sharing, discussion-based event bringing together professionals from the health sector, education; social care; the legal system; the public sector; the voluntary
Day Seminar: A Brave New World: Making 26 Weeks Work – 29 April 2016 (Manchester)
This one-day seminar, organised by Child Concern, aimed to consider a range of current issues in public law proceedings with particular focus on what is achievable in the 26 weeks timetable. A multidisciplinary panel of speakers, including lawyers, judges, psychologists and psychiatrists, contributed to the discussion. Further details: Brave New