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Migrant Children's Project Newsletter
May 2018
If you have used our guidance and resources recently, and want to inform our work for the coming year, please take two minutes to complete our short survey here. Immigration bail & study bans In light of many young asylum seekers receiving a ‘no study condition’, as highlighted by Coram and a number of other charities, and covered by Newsnight, the government has revised its guidance on when to apply study restrictions. The guidance now makes clearer that a ‘no study condition’ should not be imposed on asylum seekers with claims/appeals outstanding, and care leavers who are still receiving support from the local authority. However, no study conditions will still apply to undocumented young people. See our information page on Immigration bail for more information. Section 3C leave: new fact sheetThose with limited leave to remain in the UK who make a valid application to extend their leave have permission to stay in the UK until they receive a decision from the Home Office or Tribunal. This is known as section 3C leave. Explaining this status can be difficult, especially if your documents (such as your passport) are with the Home Office, as employers or colleges may ask to see those documents and may not understand that you still have rights to work or study. If this happens, you can write a letter to them to explain what 3C leave is and what your rights are. For more information on how to write a letter, see our full fact sheet here.
For more information on accessing further education as a young refugee or migrant, see our fact sheet here.  Routes to settlementThis month, our Youth Rights Training Coordinator, Michelle, wrote about the thousands of undocumented young people who, similar to the Windrush generation, have grown up in the UK but are unable to regularize their status. The Mayor of London called for the government to 'both streamline the application process and waive the ''astronomically high'' fees'. If you need further information about the legal options available to young people, read our guide 'Securing permanent status: existing legal routes for children and young people without leave to remain in the UK'. New training dates!CCLC have added new training dates on the rights and entitlements to young refugees and migrants, the rights of children and young people in the immigration system, and access to education for migrant children. For more information and to book onto training sessions, click here. NHS and school census data sharing As newsletter subscribers, you’ll be thrilled to hear that we’ve updated out privacy policy. However, you might not know that we’ve also published details about the information we hold relating to CCLC’s other services – including what it is, how we store it and when we destroy it. If you’ve ever been on training, called an advice line or been represented by CCLC’s legal practice unit then this concerns you! You can read our new privacy information here: https://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/privacy-policy/. If you have any questions or concerns about your data, you can contact us on [email protected]. Our upcoming training courses in 2018 Our courses can now be booked online - just visit our Eventbrite page! An introduction to the rights of children and young people in the immigration system
Coram Campus, London Access to education for migrant childrenCoram Campus, London The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London 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 Immigration Bail, Version 2.0
Home Office, May 2018
Latest news 8,900 checks on NHS 'health tourists' find just 50 liable to payEvening Standard, 30 May 2018 Government hikes fees to renounce British citizenship after Brexit foreign nationality surge
The Independent, 29 May 2018
More than 120 children missing in the UK after being trafficked from France, report finds
The independent, 28 May 2018
Are Britons softening on immigration?
Financial Times, 23 May 2018
Ian Blackford seeks meeting with May over 'shocking' plight of thousands of undocumented citizens
The Herald, 24 May 2018
Windrush migrants still sleeping rough one month after minister's promise
The Guardian, 21 May 2018
The kids of Calais, part one: family reunification- The Story podcast
The Guardian, 18 May 2018
How a champion boxer got caught in Britain's immigration dragnet
The Guardian, 17 May 2018
Immigrants facing deportation 'could be unable to defend themselves' after sweeping legal aid cuts
Huffington Post, 16 May 2018
Home Office hits pause on ''thousands'' of migrant bank account closures
Free Movement, 15 May 2018
Britain creates a more hostile environment for immigrants
The Economist, 14 May 2018
Sadiq Khan: UK citizenship fees leave children in limbo
The Guardian, 14 May 2018
May intervenes to speed up new UK immigration plan
Politico, 14 May 2018
The Syrian boy who wrote his life story- with the help of his Canadian teacher
The Guardian, 12 May 2018
Asylum seekers 'given inappropriate study bans'
BBC, 11 May 2018
Ministers risk judicial review plan to deny immigrant s data access
The Guardian, 9 May 2018 Immigrants will no longer have to share immigrants'data with the Home Office
The Guardian, 9 May 2018
Home Office softens line on 'no study' restrictions for refugee children
Free Movement, 9 May 2018
Children being 'denied free school meals because of parents' immigration status'
The Guardian, 9 May 2018
'We could be the next 'windrush scandal': the UK educated students barred from student loans
Huffington Post, 8 May 2018
After Windrush, stop talking about 'illegals'. Start talking about people
The Guardian, 8 May 2018
Asylum decision-maker: it's a lottery
BBC, 8 May 2018
I grew up here, but Britain is making it doing all it can to stop be becoming a citizen
The Guardian, 4 May 2018
The Home Office's dirty secret: a whole new generation of Windrushers
The Guardian, 2 May 2018
Lawyers attack legal aid cuts that hit migrants
Financial Times, 1 May 2018
Sajiv Javid urged to adopt 'new approach' to immigration by major charities
The Independent, 1 May 2018
How universities were swept into the 'hostile environment'
The Guardian, 1 May 2018 Let us know what you think! |
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