Seeking Support: a guide to the rights and entitlements of separated children
Seeking Support provides comprehensive, practical advice to professionals on how to work with unaccompanied or separated refugee and migrant children and young people
Information on legal issues affecting young refugees and migrants
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.
This page provides an overview of on access to higher education for migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking young people, but applies only to those studying in England
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 provides information on who can and cannot open, hold or access bank accounts in the UK.
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 provides information on the use of immigration detention in the UK for children and families.
This page provides information on legal aid for migrant and refugee children in England and Wales. Legal aid is funding provided by the government to help meet the costs of some types of legal advice to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation.
This page gives some information about the definition and indicators of child trafficking, and is one of a series of fact sheets about child trafficking.
This page gives some information about supporting and safeguarding trafficked children, and is one of a series of fact sheets about child trafficking.
This page outlines the structure and purpose of the National Referral Mechanism: the framework through which potential victims of trafficking in the UK are identified, so that they can be supported and protected.