Migrant Children's Project Newsletter
July 2020

One year until the deadline of the EU settlement scheme

One year from today, on 1 July 2021, any EU, EEA, or Swiss citizen or family member who has not applied to the EU settlement scheme will become undocumented. This means they will lose their right to a home, work, and hospital care, and will lose access to a bank account, a driving license, and any benefits. A year from this deadline, Coram Children's Legal Centre has published a report looking at which children may not apply before the deadline, and what the UK government must do to stop that from happening. This report draws on our advice and casework since the EU settlement scheme was piloted in November 2018, including helping more than 200 children supported by local authorities in England and Wales to access the EU settlement scheme. The report was profiled by UK in a Changing Europe.
Read Children left out? Securing children’s rights to stay in the UK beyond Brexit, or the executive summary here.

No Recourse to Public Funds Conditions
Last month, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Work and Pensions joined the growing coalition of civil society voices in asking for NRPF conditions to be suspended or scrapped. Due to coronavirus, certain groups including Zambrano carers and people with NRPF conditions have been granted temporary access to free school meals. Guidance on who can get free school meals is here. Do you want to add your voice to the campaign to make this change permanent, and to scrap the NRPF charge? You could write to your MP, sign a petition, or donate to the NELMA NRPF relief solidarity fund.
Join the Young Citizens
Coram’s Young Citizens is looking for new members to join our award-winning programme for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds aged 16-25. Please do share the message below with any young people from migrant or refugee backgrounds you work with!
Are you aged 16-25, from a migrant or refugee background and living in Barnet, Brent, Harrow, Lewisham, Lambeth or Southwark? Want to use your experiences to inspire and empower other young people? Join us!
You will:

Get training to develop your skills in public speaking, workshop facilitation and more

Create and run workshops for young people from similar backgrounds

It is free to take part and all travel/food expenses are covered. Workshop delivery is paid at the London Living Wage. From September we will have weekly sessions and meet fortnightly from October onwards.

Apply now! https://www.coram.org.uk/youngcitizens (deadline Monday 13th July)
If you have queries about these or other issues, please contact our advice line at [email protected]
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Latest news
Raised in the UK - barred from university
BBC News, 23 June 2020
Home Office criticised by statistics watchdog after refusing to give data on controversial immigration policy for ‘confusing and unclear’ reasons
The Independent, 23 June 2020
Home Office to face legal challenge over 'digital hostile environment'
The Guardian, 17 June 2020
Home Office still has no evidence to show hostile environment policy is working, report finds
The Independent, 17 June 2020

Migrant healthcare staff still paying NHS fee despite Johnson U-turn
The Guardian, 15 June 2020
Number of missing vulnerable children soars as safeguarding is cut during pandemic
The Observer, 6 June 2020

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