The UK is first among the EU members states to provide childcare provision nationally during asylum interviews. For over a decade campaigners across the country have worked on this issue and now there is finally a system in place so that no woman is faced with having her children present at her asylum interview and […]
Three grants were issued by the Strategic Legal Fund in July. The applications submitted to date showcase a great need for funding strategic legal work in an increasingly hostile environment for migrant families in the UK, and ILPA is pleased to be able to support the important work that goes on. The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington […]
SLF funded Islington Law Centre and MiCLU represented The Children’s Society in their 5 year long legal challenge to the government’s 2013 removal of legal aid for children’s immigration cases. In a Ministerial Statement in the House of Commons on 12 July 2018 Lucy Frazer (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice) announced that changes will […]
The Government is now carrying out its long-awaited review of the changes to legal aid that it introduced in 2012, which removed financial support for a range of civil matters including all non-asylum immigration cases. The review will conclude in September 2018 and an announcement from the Government is expected by the end of the […]
Two grants were issued by the Strategic Legal Fund in May. The applications submitted to date showcase a great need for funding strategic legal work in an increasingly hostile environment for migrant families in the UK, and ILPA is pleased to be able to support the important work that goes on. Matthew Gold & Co and Project 17 – £21,644 Matthew Gold […]
We are pleased to announce that an SLF funded project by Project17 and Youth Legal has just been launched. The Section 17 HUB collates detailed information about local authorities’ No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) practice. This is to enable organisations to obtain the best possible outcome when referring to, and helping destitute clients approach local authorities for support under s17 Children Act 1989, […]
One grant was issued in the Strategic Legal Fund March round. The applications submitted to date showcase a great need for funding strategic legal work in an increasingly hostile environment for migrant families in the UK, and ILPA is pleased to be able to support the important work that goes on. Deighton Pierce Glynn and the Unity Project were awarded funds to […]
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is hosting a full day conference to provide practitioners with a broad overview and update on requirements and latest changes relevant to family-based migration applications. This conference will be looking at the following topics: The conference is aimed at practitioners providing advice and representation to migrants seeking family migration to […]
Strategic Legal Fund grantees Coram Children’s Legal Centre runs a programme of training courses on children and young people’s rights for professionals and practitioners. Their courses are aimed at service-providers in the statutory and voluntary sectors and all those working with or supporting migrant and refugee children, young people and families. They have two training courses coming […]
In January 2017 Elder Rahimi Solicitors received funding from the Strategic Legal Fund to investigate the incidence of delay and its impact on young asylum seekers with a view to potential litigation to compel the Home Office to treat these claims as a higher priority (click here to read more about grants the SLF has awarded). The purpose of this […]