Seeking Support

New report: Navigating the System: Advice provision for young refugees and migrants, May 2012

This report by the Migrant Children's Project looks at the complex administrative and legal processes that separated children have to navigate and the range of professionals who can offer advice and guidance to them. The report finds that many legal advice and support services are under strain, facing serious financial challenges and an uncertain future, putting these children and young people at risk

Seeking Support: a guide to the rights and entitlements of separated children

  Seeking Support outlines the rights of refugee and migrant children in England, and provides advice to professionals on how to support young people in accessing those rights.

Download the Fourth Edition of 'Seeking Support: a guide to the rights and entitlements of separated children' here

 This fourth edition of the guide has been comprehensively updated and expanded from the first, second and third editions published in 2003, 2005 and 2009 respectively. National contact details of agencies that can support separated children are provided at the end of the guide.

As legislation and policy are subject to frequent change, readers are advised to refer to this website for regular updates. If you would like to be notified of updates, please sign up to the Coram Children’s Legal Centre Migrant Children’s Project newsletter at www.childrenslegalcentre.com

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