The rights of unaccompanied asylum|seeking children in the UK

Independent Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Support ...

The Independent Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Support Service (IUSS) is a service for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in England. It has ...

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom, often abbreviated to UASC, are children who are outside their country of origin to seek asylum ...

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and leaving care - GOV.UK

These funding instructions set out the conditions under which local authorities may claim reimbursement of costs for supporting and caring for unaccompanied ...

Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Toolkit

The UK Home Office defines an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) as a person under 18 years old, who is applying for asylum and is separated from ...

Support for unaccompanied children claiming asylum

Under the Children Act 1989, social services are responsible for asylum applicants below the age of 18 who: arrive in the UK unaccompanied.

Human Rights of Unaccompanied migrant children and young ...

In 2011, 1,398 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) applied for asylum in the UK, ... legal status in the UK unless they apply for ...

The Big Ambition for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum

Unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK are highly vulnerable and in need of care and protection from the moment they arrive.

Facts about separated children - Refugee Council

In the year ending September 2022, the UK received 5,152 applications for asylum from unaccompanied children. Many of them come from Sudan, a country facing ...

Local authority support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

For unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the. UK with no parent or carer able and willing to provide accommodation the presumption is that they fall within ...

UK: Protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum say UN experts

GENEVA (11 April 2023) – The United Kingdom must ensure the protection of all children seeking asylum without discrimination and put an end ...

National Transfer Scheme Protocol for Unaccompanied Asylum ...

From 15 February 2022, following the required representations process, all local authorities with children's services in the UK have been ...

Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Hotel Accommodation ...

In the UK, the duty to ensure safety and welfare of children with no adult to look after them is imposed on local authorities (the so-called “ ...

The rights of migrant and asylum-seeking children and the impact of ...

Framing their status as children in this way legitimises the treatment of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum as 'migrants first', rather than ...

WHAT THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN DO TO ENSURE RESPECT ...

In the European Union (EU), the number of unaccompanied children applying for asylum has increased sixfold over the past few years: from 11,700 in 2008 to ...

Social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and ...

This article addresses the complex dynamics surrounding unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK. While states are legally bound to ...

Spotlight on: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children missing ...

As Children's Commissioner, I have witnessed the lack of support for migrant children arriving in England. I have visited hotels and ...

Fostering unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK

Children who arrive in the UK without their parents or carers usually go into the care of their nearest public authority and will often live with approved ...

Unaccompanied refugee children in the United Kingdom

However, a United Kingdom reservation to article 22 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC89) concerning the protection of refugee children, supports ...

1.2.10 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Procedure

The child may be separated from both parents and is not being cared for by an adult who in law or by custom has responsibility to do so. From 1 January 2021, ...

Unaccompanied children - Asylum and refugees - gov.scot

Asylum is a matter reserved to the UK Government. Many of the services, which are essential to supporting UAS children to settle into communities, are devolved ...

Jacqueline Bhabha

British attorney

Jacqueline Strimpel Bhabha is a British academic, and an attorney. She is the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. lecturer in law at Harvard Law School and teaches public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.