Migrant Children's Project Newsletter May 2018 Follow us on Twitter If you have used our guidance and resources recently, and want to inform our work for the coming year, please take two minutes to complete our short survey here. Immigration bail & study bans In light of many young asylum seekers receiving a ‘no study condition’, as highlighted by Coram and a number of other charities, and covered by Newsnight, the government has revised its guidance on when to apply study restrictions. The guidance now makes clearer that a ‘no study condition’ should not be imposed on asylum seekers with claims/appeals outstanding, and care leavers who are still receiving support from the local authority. However, no study conditions will still apply to undocumented young people. See our information page on Immigration bail for more information. Section 3C leave: new fact sheet Those with limited leave to remain in the UK who make a valid application to extend their leave have permission to stay in the UK until they receive a decision from the Home Office or Tribunal. This is known as section 3C leave. Explaining this status can be difficult, especially if your documents (such as your passport) are with the Home Office, as employers or colleges may ask to see those documents and may not understand that you still have rights to work or study. If this happens, you can write a letter to them to explain what 3C leave is and what your rights are. For more information on how to write a letter, see our full fact sheet here. For more information on accessing further education as a young refugee or migrant, see our fact sheet here. Routes to settlement This month, our Youth Rights Training Coordinator, Michelle, wrote about the thousands of undocumented young people who, similar to the Windrush generation, have grown up in the UK but are unable to regularize their status. The Mayor of London called for the government to 'both streamline the application process and waive the ''astronomically high'' fees'. If you need further information about the legal options available to young people, read our guide 'Securing permanent status: existing legal routes for children and young people without leave to remain in the UK'. New training dates! CCLC have added new training dates on the rights and entitlements to young refugees and migrants, the rights of children and young people in the immigration system, and access to education for migrant children. For more information and to book onto training sessions, click here. NHS and school census data sharing Last month, the Department for Education (DfE) agreed to end its collection of nationality and country of birth data in schools, which was initially going to be shared with the Home Office as part of the government’s ‘hostile environment’ agenda. The government has also recently agreed to pause data sharing between the Home Office and NHS for the purposes of immigration enforcement. Requests for patient information will now only be approved in much more limited circumstances, such as cases involving ‘serious criminality’. Hailed as a victory for campaigners, the data sharing pause means that many migrant children, young people and families can approach healthcare services without fearing that their information will be shared with the Home Office. For more information on access to healthcare for migrant children, young people and families, see our fact sheets on primary and secondaryhealthcare, and our report: Seeking Support: a guide to the rights and entitlements of separated children. If you have queries about these or other issues, please contact our advice line on 0207 636 8505 or email mcpadvice@coramclc.org.uk. CCLC's privacy policy As newsletter subscribers, you’ll be thrilled to hear that we’ve updated out privacy policy. However, you might not know that we’ve also published details about the information we hold relating to CCLC’s other services – including what it is, how we store it and when we destroy it. If you’ve ever been on training, called an advice line or been represented by CCLC’s legal practice unit then this concerns you! You can read our new privacy information here: https://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/privacy-policy/. If you have any questions or concerns about your data, you can contact us on mcp@coramclc.org.uk. Our upcoming training courses in 2018 Our courses can now be booked online - just visit our Eventbrite page! An introduction to the rights of children and young people in the immigration system Coram Campus, London Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 2pm - 5pm Thursday, 11 October 2018, 2pm - 5pm Access to education for migrant children Coram Campus, London Monday, 17 September 2018, 2pm - 5pm The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 10am - 4:30pm Thursday, 4 October 2018, 10am - 4:30pm Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10am - 4:30pm 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 Immigration Bail, Version 2.0 Home Office, May 2018 Latest news 8,900 checks on NHS 'health tourists' find just 50 liable to pay Evening Standard, 30 May 2018 Government hikes fees to renounce British citizenship after Brexit foreign nationality surge The Independent, 29 May 2018 More than 120 children missing in the UK after being trafficked from France, report finds The independent, 28 May 2018 Are Britons softening on immigration? Financial Times, 23 May 2018 Ian Blackford seeks meeting with May over 'shocking' plight of thousands of undocumented citizens The Herald, 24 May 2018 Windrush migrants still sleeping rough one month after minister's promise The Guardian, 21 May 2018 The kids of Calais, part one: family reunification- The Story podcast The Guardian, 18 May 2018 How a champion boxer got caught in Britain's immigration dragnet The Guardian, 17 May 2018 Immigrants facing deportation 'could be unable to defend themselves' after sweeping legal aid cuts Huffington Post, 16 May 2018 Home Office hits pause on ''thousands'' of migrant bank account closures Free Movement, 15 May 2018 Britain creates a more hostile environment for immigrants The Economist, 14 May 2018 Sadiq Khan: UK citizenship fees leave children in limbo The Guardian, 14 May 2018 May intervenes to speed up new UK immigration plan Politico, 14 May 2018 The Syrian boy who wrote his life story- with the help of his Canadian teacher The Guardian, 12 May 2018 Asylum seekers 'given inappropriate study bans' BBC, 11 May 2018 Ministers risk judicial review plan to deny immigrant s data access The Guardian, 9 May 2018 Immigrants will no longer have to share immigrants'data with the Home Office The Guardian, 9 May 2018 Home Office softens line on 'no study' restrictions for refugee children Free Movement, 9 May 2018 Children being 'denied free school meals because of parents' immigration status' The Guardian, 9 May 2018 'We could be the next 'windrush scandal': the UK educated students barred from student loans Huffington Post, 8 May 2018 After Windrush, stop talking about 'illegals'. Start talking about people The Guardian, 8 May 2018 Asylum decision-maker: it's a lottery BBC, 8 May 2018 I grew up here, but Britain is making it doing all it can to stop be becoming a citizen The Guardian, 4 May 2018 The Home Office's dirty secret: a whole new generation of Windrushers The Guardian, 2 May 2018 Lawyers attack legal aid cuts that hit migrants Financial Times, 1 May 2018 Sajiv Javid urged to adopt 'new approach' to immigration by major charities The Independent, 1 May 2018 How universities were swept into the 'hostile environment' The Guardian, 1 May 2018 Let us know what you think! Do you use our website, publications or advice line? Your thoughts and feedback help us ensure that we're providing the right information and support. Please take two minutes to complete our short survey. |