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Migrant Children's Project Newsletter
March 2017
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Seeking Support: New FREE guide to the rights and entitlements of separated children
 This month we have published the fifth edition of our guide to the rights and entitlements of separated children. The guide provides a strong legal grounding and practical tips on how to support separated children and young people in the asylum and immigration systems, including how to access education and healthcare, dealing with age assessments and entitlements to care and support. The guide is free, just pay the cost of postage! Get your hard copy here: http://bit.ly/2ofymU7 - the digital copy will soon be available online at: www.coramchildrenslegalcentre.com. Could you be our new legal intern? Are you under the age of 25 and looking for a career in uploading and protecting children's human rights? The Migrant Children's Project is hiring a new legal intern, to be paid at the London Living Wage. The post is fixed term until 31 August 2017. More information, and details of how to apply, are available at: http://bit.ly/2ocCSme. New training on access to education  The Migrant Children's Project are thrilled to announce new training on access to education, developed in collaboration with (and delivered by!) our youth rights trainers. The training will cover access to compulsory, further and higher education and ESOL provision. This training is also absolutely free! Book online here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/coram-childrens-legal-centre-11100181140. If you have queries about these or other issues, please contact our advice line on 0207 636 8505 or email [email protected]. Our upcoming training courses Our courses can now be booked online - just visit our Eventbrite page! The registration of children as British citizens
Coram Campus, London, £25 + VAT - Tuesday 18 April, 4pm - 6:30pm
- Wednesday 8 November, 4pm - 6:30pm
An introduction to the rights of children and young people in the immigration system
Coram Campus, London, FREE - Tuesday 4 April, 2pm - 5pm [waiting list]
- Tuesday 27 June, 2pm - 5pm
Supporting EU national children in care
Coram Campus, London, £35 + VAT - Wednesday 20 September, 2pm - 5:30pm
Access to compulsory, further and higher educationCoram Campus, London, FREE - Tuesday 9 May, 2pm - 5:30pm
- Tuesday 11 July, 2pm - 5:30pm
The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT - Wednesday 12 April, 10am - 4:30pm
- Tuesday 20 June, 10am - 4:30pm
- Tuesday 19 September, 10am - 4:30pm
Supporting undocumented and NRPF families
Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT - Tuesday 10 October, 10am - 4:30pm
For more information and to book, please see our eventbrite page. To commission in-house training for your organisation, please see our website.
New reports and guidance
Policy statement: section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016
The Home Office, March 2017
Brexit: children’s rights at risk or future opportunity in the global era?
Coram Children's Legal Centre, March 2017
Latest news Ministers urged to end 'cruel' policy on child refugees' relatives
The Guardian, 30 March 2017
Trafficked and enslaved: the teenagers tending UK cannabis farms
The Guardian, 25 March 2017
Europe's treatment of child refugees 'risks increasing radicalisation threat'
The Guardian, 22 March 2017
Child was held for a staggering 151 days in men’s immigration lockup Morton Hall in Lincolnshire
OpenDemocracy, 21 March 2017
Michael Gove: Immigrant children improve results and drive up school standards
The Independent, 18 March 2017
Theresa May’s clampdown on international students is a mystery
Financial Times, 15 March 2017
Charities criticise new government rules on Dubs child refugees
The Guardian, 14 March 2017
Child asylum seekers may have been illegally detained, rules court
The Guardian, 9 March 2017
Government defeats attempt to restart Dubs scheme
The Guardian, 7 March 2017
Brexit: Children’s Rights At Risk Or Future Opportunity In The Global Era?
Huffington Post, 3 March 2017
Lords urge Tories to back Brexit bill amendment on EU citizens
The Guardian, 2 March 2017Let us know what you think! |
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