Category: Frontpage
Content which will be featured in the frontpage news section
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Protecting Child Citizenship Rights – Clauses 30-36 of the Illegal Migration Bill (Briefing to MPs)
Clauses 30-36 of the Illegal Migration Bill represent a severe challenge to the rights of children to acquire British citizenship. Learn more in our briefing to MPs.
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Case Study: Marco
Issues: Child in care > EEA national > good character requirementDownload this case study as a pdf If you met Marco at age 16, you’d have thought that he was British. He had a British accent, had lived in the UK his whole life, and thought of himself as British. But he was not a…
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Case Study: Lena
Issues: Child in Need > adult sibling > domestic violence Lena was born in a non-EU country and came to the UK as a small child in 2010, with her mum, Maria, and older brother, Jon (a young teenager when he came to the UK and now an adult). Maria and the children entered the…
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Atu and Ebo
Issues: Children in need > NRPF > disabilities > inadequate legal advice Download case as a pdf Atu and Ebo are brothers who were born in the UK in 2007 and 2010. Their parents came to the UK legally in 2004, for their mum, Emma, to pursue advanced studies. Emma and her husband, David, had…
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Routes to children’s nationality and immigration status
Download this resource by clicking here Changes Effective 4th October 2023 – the fee associated with registering a child was increased to £1,214. Children’s nationality and immigration status This is a summary of some of the ways that a child’s immigration status can be improved or they can acquire British citizenship. Complexity This summary illustrates…
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Training for Local Authority staff on childrens’ citizenship
Free training on UK citizenship, immigration and nationality law for local authority practice managers, trainers, IROs and others who train, mentor or review children’s social work
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EU Settled Status and British Citizenship: What You Need to Know
The uncertainty surrounding Brexit means that people need to know what their rights are, and what they can do now to protect them. Many children and young people living in the UK do not know that they are eligible to apply for British citizenship. It’s, therefore, critical to understand all of the possible options. This…
