Migrant Children's Project Newsletter
November 2016
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To help us improve our guidance and resources in 2016, please take two minutes to complete our short survey here. New training: Supporting EU children in care In January and March we are running a brand new training session on supporting EU children in the care system. The training, which will last half a day, will serve as an introduction to the relevant EU legislation and will focus on how to resolve uncertainty for looked-after children and young people with EEA nationalities. Further training, covering EU derivative rights, will follow later in 2017. You can book all of our training online at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/coram-childrens-legal-centre-11100181140.
New fact sheet on local authority support for children with immigration status issues We have a new fact sheet which provides information about legal issues relating to children in care whose immigration status is uncertain. There have been several recent cases in which local authorities have been fined for failing to address a child's immigration status issue in time, and before the child turned 18. This fact sheet outlines what a local authority's duties are and how they should best be undertaken. The fact sheet is available here: http://bit.ly/2ggy2zJ.
School census data Nursery schools will no longer be forced to collect details on the nationality and birth place of children as young as two following a Government U-turn over the controversial school census. The data collection, which is due to take place in January, will now no longer ask for country of birth or nationality data. Data collection for older children took place at the beginning of the academic year, but parents and carers can still request the removal of their child's data. For more information and template letters for such requests, see the Against Borders for Children website, at: https://www.schoolsabc.net/.
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!
EU children in care
Coram Campus, London, £35 + VAT Wednesday 25 January, 2pm - 5:30pm Tuesday 14 March, 2pm - 5:30pm The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 10am - 4:30pm Wednesday 12 April 2017, 10am - 4:30pm Tuesday 20 June 2017, 10am - 4:30pm Working with undocumented young people Coram Campus, London, FREE Friday, 9 December 2016, 9am - 1:30pm Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 9am - 1:30pm Wednesday 22 February 2017, 9am - 1:30pm Supporting undocumented and NRPF families
Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT Wednesday 1 March 2017, 10am - 4:30pm The registration of children as British citizens
Coram Campus, London, £25 + VAT Tuesday 18 April 2017, 4pm - 6:30pm 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
Meeting the Challenge: Voluntary sector services for destitute migrant children and families
Jonathan Price, COMPAS, November 2016
The crisis in the justice system in England & Wales
The Bach Commission, 25 November 2016
Latest news Ministry of Justice axes 500% rise in fees for immigration tribunals
The Guardian, 25 November 2016
Hospitals may require patients to show passports for NHS treatment
The Guardian, 21 November 2016
Government scraps plans for controversial nationality census for 2-5 year-olds in humiliating U-turn
The Independent, 17 November 2016
Migrant teenagers without family in UK barred except Syrians and Sudanese
The Guardian, 16 November 2016
'Desperate' Afghan children go on hunger strike in France in bid to rejoin families in UK
The Guardian, 14 November 2016
Councils accuse Home Office of dragging heels over Calais children
The Guardian, 12 November 2016
Lords defeat government over child protection proposals
The Guardian, 8 November 2016
The truth about plans to allow councils to opt out of child protection laws
Politics.co.uk, 7 November 2016
Calais 'Jungle': Last remaining children evacuated from camp
BBC News, 2 November 2016
Nearly 700 Jungle kids expected to apply for British asylum as remaining 1,600 leave Calais
The Telegraph, 2 November 2016
Ofsted head praises England's schools for immigrant integration
The Guardian, 2 November 2016
Ministers to review treatment of child refugees by May 2017
The Guardian, 1 November 2016
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