Migrant Children's Project Newsletter May 2017 Follow us on Twitter To help us improve our guidance and resources in 2017, please take two minutes to complete our short survey here. CCLC has a new website! Use it to... Access free legal information on topics relating to migrant and refugee children
Our new website features a whole selection of new fact sheets and resources on subjects that relate to migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people. The fact sheets cover such topics as asylum, immigration, EU law, nationality, access to local authority support, education and healthcare, and more. Each legal fact sheet also comes with an introduction to the topic for non-legal professionals, so we hope that there's something for everyone. Watch this space for more fact sheets and resources to be added soon! Book training online You can use our new website to look at our training calendar, commission our training, read about our Youth Rights Trainers and the courses they have developed, and book courses online. As well as courses on the rights and entitlements of separated asylum-seeking children, we run training on access to education, the rights of EU national children in the UK, supporting undocumented families and more. See the difference that we have made this year Coram Children’s Legal Centre has provided legal advice and representation to children and families for over 35 years, and it can be nice to ring the changes! We've been compiling information on the difference we have made in the last year. If we have helped you or helped you to help others in recent years why not let us know? We would love to share feedback with staff members, so if you've got some then please do email mcp@coramclc.org.uk and tell us what you think. If you have queries about these or other issues, please contact our advice line on 0207 636 8505 or email mcp@coramclc.org.uk. Our upcoming training courses Our courses can now be booked online - just visit our Eventbrite page! The registration of children as British citizens Coram Campus, London, £25 + VAT Wednesday 8 November, 4pm - 6:30pm An introduction to the rights of children and young people in the immigration system Coram Campus, London, FREE Tuesday 27 June, 2pm - 5pm [waiting list] Friday 8 September, 2pm - 5pm Supporting EU national children in care Coram Campus, London, £35 + VAT Wednesday 20 September, 2pm - 5:30pm Access to education for migrant children Coram Campus, London, FREE Tuesday 11 July, 2pm - 5:30pm The rights and entitlements of young refugees and migrants Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT Tuesday 20 June, 10am - 4:30pm Tuesday 19 September, 10am - 4:30pm Supporting undocumented and NRPF families Coram Campus, London, £70 + VAT Tuesday 10 October, 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 Briefing paper on the experiences of children from the Calais camp in the North West of England Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, March 2017 A child is a child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation UNICEF, May 2017 Latest news The fate of the 'jungle' children OpenDemocracy, 30 May 2017 The costly, traumatic nightmare of being undocumented and pregnant Broadly (Vice), 24 May 2017 Parents urged to withhold personal data in latest school census targeting foreign-born children The Independent, 16 May 2017 The government is punishing children for their parents' immigration status The Guardian, 15 May 2017 UK plummets from 11th to 156th in global children's rights rankings The Independent, 14 May 2017 Home Office ignores almost 1,600 council offers to take in lone child refugees, figures reveal The Independent, 11 May 2017 Asylum seekers may have been wrongly deported to Albania The Guardian, 10 May 2017 May expected to challenge right of EU citizens to bring family to Britain The Guardian, 3 May 2017 School census will force children like me into the shadows Right to Remain, 27 April 2017 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. |