- Young asylum seekers and unregulated accommodation
- Legal aid and care leavers with immigration cases, August 2019
- EU Settlement Scheme – European looked after children and care leavers
- Briefings on the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
- Guidance on supporting separated and unaccompanied children to access legal aid in immigration cases
When does having a partner disqualify you from keeping a parent visa?
The Upper Tribunal in R (Waleed Ahmad Khattak) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (“eligible to apply”- LTR – “partner”) [2021] UKUT 63 (IAC) has provided helpful clarification on when having a partner can disqualify someone fr ...
19th March 2021£1,012 child citizenship fee confirmed unlawful by Court of Appeal
Upholding an earlier High Court decision, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Home Office’s £1,012 fee for registering children as British citizens is unlawful. The case is R (Project for the Registration of Children As British Citizens ...
19th February 2021Briefing: immigration and nationality options for children in care
Children may arrive in the care of local authorities without British citizenship or UK immigration status. They and their social workers may not realise there is an issue until, for example, the child has a school trip abroad and needs a passport; unt ...
7th January 2021New unofficial policy on deporting Jamaicans who arrived as children reported
The Guardian reports that the Home Office has agreed with Jamaica not to deport Jamaican citizens who arrived in the UK under the age of 12. The scope of the reported agreement is unclear: it arises in the context of an upcoming deportation flight to ...
30th November 2020Building a case based on a child’s best interests: practical tips
“Forcing me to leave the UK will not be in my child’s best interests” is a phrase often used by parents seeking to remain in the UK. Enny Choudhury has written an excellent briefing note on the body of law behind the phrase and the Home Office ...
21st October 2020Briefing: nationality and children in care
In August, Nath Gbikpi reported for Free Movement on R (Y) (Children In Care: Change of Nationality) [2020] EWCA Civ 1038. In that case, the Court of Appeal found that section 33 of the Children Act 1989 did not entitle the local authority to appl ...
6th October 2020