Claiming asylum as a child
This page outlines the legal process for claiming asylum as a child in the UK. Asylum is the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a refugee.
Information on legal issues affecting young refugees and migrants
This page outlines the legal process for claiming asylum as a child in the UK. Asylum is the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a refugee.
UASC leave is granted to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children whose asylum claim has been rejected. This page explains what it is, what the problems with it are, and what the consequences of a grant of UASC leave may be.
This page lays out the support owed to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) from local authorities, gives up-to-date information on the national transfer scheme and outlines the processes by which to challenge the support given or withheld.
Seeking Support provides comprehensive, practical advice to professionals on how to work with unaccompanied or separated refugee and migrant children and young people
This page provides an overview of the law relating to ‘family tracing’ for children: the mechanism by which an unaccompanied child may trace their family members outside the UK.
Refugee family reunion is the legal process by which a recognised refugee (or person with humanitarian protection) can be reunited with their pre-flight dependent family members.
This page outlines the process for returns under the Dublin Regulation and ‘safe third countries’ for asylum seekers
This page provides information on supporting asylum-seeking children joining their family under the Dublin Regulation: an EU law which sets out which European country is responsible for someone’s asylum claim.
This page explains the interplay between trafficking and immigration status, and is one of a series of fact sheets about child trafficking.
This page provides information on the concept of children’s best interests, why this concept is important and how to apply it to work with migrant and refugee children.
This case is an important decision about asylum-seeking children, and it provides guidance on how to ensure that children are fairly treated in the asylum system.