News
Breaking the chains and making the system work
MiCLU's Justice First fellow Esme Madill shines a light on the failings of the Home Office toward Albanian child asylum-seekers in a new Open Democracy article where she describes her experiences working with vulnerable young people. Esme says the system isn't working for Albanian children: even among professionals whose job it is
New additions to the MiCLU team
We are excited to welcome two new members of the MiCLU team: Esme Madill, who joins us as a Justice First fellow trainee solicitor, and Christine Benson, who is helping to expand MiCLU’s work on the Kids in Need of Defense UK project.
Who is Who? and other new online resources
MiCLU are excited to announce the launch of our new information booklet, Who is Who? Who is Who? is designed for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK, to explain who the many different professionals are who they are likely to encounter, how they can help them, what their rights are, and
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
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
Lecture: LSE Centre for the Study of Human Rights Public Lecture – 15 March 2016 (London)
An evening public lecture hosted by the LSE Centre for the Study of Human Rights on the rights of refugee and migrant children, jointly delivered by Kathryn Cronin (Garden Court Chambers) and Baljeet Sandhu of MiCLU. Further details here: LSE Child Rights Lecture Listen to the podcast here: LSE Lecture
