Children

Key posts about children

ILPA BEST PRACTICE GUIDES
WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUBJECT TO IMMIGRATION CONTROL: GUIDELINES FOR BEST PRACTICE

General guide to working with children with some fantastic ideas and suggestions

WORKING WITH REFUGEE CHILDREN: CURRENT ISSUES IN BEST PRACTICE

Best interests, voice of the child, age disputes, representing children and more

RESOURCES GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS WORKING WITH REFUGEE CHILDREN

Comprehensive and really useful guide to other resources

SEPARATED CHILDREN AND LEGAL AID

How to claim legal aid in immigration cases involving children

Other Guidance
THE HEART OF THE MATTER: ASSESSING CREDIBILITY WHEN CHILDREN APPLY FOR ASYLUM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Fantastic and comprehensive resource and is essential reading for anyone working with refugee children

GENERAL COMMENT NO. 12 (1989)

By the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is very useful generally on the right of children to be heard and also includes a short section on migrant children

GUIDELINES OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON CHILD FRIENDLY JUSTICE (2010)

extremely useful on judicial process and are essential reading for representatives and judges. See section D entitled ‘Child friendly justice during judicial proceedings’ in particular.

RE W (CHILDREN) [2010] UKSC 12

The Supreme Court gave detailed consideration to the issues around the hearing of evidence of children in the context of family proceedings

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Refugee Council, Humans for Rights Network and Helen Bamber Foundation have published a new report ‘Forced Adulthood: The Home Office’s incorrect determination of age and

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23rd January 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

Appendix Children was published in October 2023 and consolidates most of the rules for child dependents of parents on points-based immigration routes which were previously

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18th January 2024
BY Alex Piletska

Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 imposes a general duty on local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of “children in need” in

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17th January 2024
BY Project 17

The Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2024 providing for the use of scientific age testing of children have come into force on 10 January 2024. A

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11th January 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

As anyone who has ever battled the Home Office over whether a client has “sole responsibility” over a child’s upbringing or whether their exclusion is

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15th December 2023
BY Alex Piletska

The Home Secretary must set out a lawful plan to completely end its use of hotels for accommodating lone refugee children. This is the conclusion

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12th December 2023
BY Colin Yeo