SLF funded Project for Registering Children as British Citizens has just published a new leaflet EEA and Swiss national children and their rights to British citizenship designed specifically for children of EEA and Swiss nationals, their parents and carers. The leaflet includes a foreword from PRCBC’s patron, Claude Moraes MEP, and is based on the original PRCBC ‘Children and their rights to British citizenship’ leaflet. As […]
The Strategic Legal Fund awarded four grants in its March round. Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) and Bhatt Murphy were awarded a grant for a third party intervention in respect of a judicial review claim to challenge significant deficiencies within the accommodation and support scheme enacted by Paragraph 9, Schedule 10 of the IA 2016 Commons Legal was awarded […]
Do you know of a child with a right to register as British but who can’t afford the Home Office citizenship fee of £1,012? Please complete this very short online survey by Project for Registering Children as British Citizens (PRCBC):
At a hearing in the Administrative Court this afternoon, Mr Justice Walker granted Medical Justice an interim injunction immediately suspending the removal windows policy pending a hearing of its judicial review challenge to the policy, which will be heard in June or July 2019. This means that the removal windows and limited notice of removal policies have […]
SLF grantees Project 17 recently launched their Seen and Heard campaign, calling on local authorities to meet all children’s essential needs, regardless of immigration status. They have published a new report entitled Not Seen, Not Heard: Children’s Experiences of the Hostile Environment as well as a short animation summarising the findings of the report. Project 17 […]
The Strategic Legal Fund has recently awarded two grants. Maternity Action and Southwark Law Centre received a grant for research and development work to support a judicial review of the regulations governing charging for NHS maternity care (National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015). We also awarded the AIRE centre small grant for travel and accommodation to Luxembourg to intervene in […]
A unique and exciting opportunity to be involved in Kids in Need of Defense UK (KINoD UK). KINoD UK is a partnership which provides free, specialist immigration advice and representation for children and young people, and their families. It is a collaboration between Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) US, Central England Law Centre, Islington Law Centre, CCLC and Just […]
SLF grantees MiCLU are co-authors of the Council of Europe’s latest handbook “How to convey child-friendly information to children in migration: a handbook for frontline professionals.” Designed for use by frontline professionals working with children in migration in Europe, the handbook contains practical tips, golden rules, and examples of promising practice. Importantly, the voice of children is heard […]
There has been very little consideration to date of the specific impact of Brexit on children. Nor has there been much effort to consider the very distinct implications of Brexit for children living in the devolved nations of the UK. This is in spite of the fact hat children represent one fifth of the European Union (EU) […]
The Strategic Legal Fund has recently awarded three grants. Based on a scoping report evidencing the need, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit been awarded £14,237 to attempt to resolve the legal situation for young people assessed as over 18 and moved between local authorities. The proposal seeks funding for policy work for improved guidance and for pre-litigation […]
