Article 8 – the right to respect for private and family life
This page is an introduction to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for private and family life. Article 8 is relevant to many immigration cases.
Information on legal issues affecting young refugees and migrants
This page is an introduction to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for private and family life. Article 8 is relevant to many immigration cases.
Children in care who are not asylum seekers may have an immigration issue that often goes under the radar. It is vital to get them help as soon as possible.
Every child has the right to compulsory education, and the right to be in school. Immigration status does not affect this. The guidance on this page was put together as part of the ‘Belonging’ schools toolkit, designed by Coram Life Education and young people from Coram’s Young Citizens programme.
When you send an application to the Home Office, it is good to write a covering letter to send with it. This is a template you can use.
This page provides information on the fee waivers available for certain kinds of immigration applications in the UK, who is eligible, and how to apply.
Seeking Support provides comprehensive, practical advice to professionals on how to work with unaccompanied or separated refugee and migrant children and young people
If you have limited leave to remain in the UK, you will need to apply to the Home Office to extend your leave before the limited leave finishes. If you make a valid, in-time application to extend your leave, then your permission to stay will keep going until you receive a decision (and any appeal decision). This is known as section 3C leave.
There are an estimated 120,000 undocumented children living in the UK. This page contains resources for learning the law that relates to these children.
This page explains the interplay between trafficking and immigration status, and is one of a series of fact sheets about child trafficking.
This page explains immigration status on the basis of the right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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.