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Resources for Professionals Working with Children

KIND UK produces a variety of resources targeted at professionals who work with children. If you’re a lawyer or legal professional, a parent, or a young person you may find more helpful information in our resources sections for those groups.

Resources

The Illegal Migration Act and children and young people seeking asylum

The Illegal Migration Act 2023: British Citizenship and Leave to Remain for Children in the UK 

Applying for a fee waiver for a child’s British citizenship application 

SLRA Briefing for local authorities: the Illegal Migration Act

Summary: The Illegal Migration Act 2023: Leave to Remain and British Citizenship for Children

Briefing: The Illegal Migration Act 2023: Leave to Remain and British Citizenship for Children

Ukraine: Other Support

Third Sector Statement for Local Authorities on the Illegal Migration Act 2023

Glossary of terminology for children’s immigration, asylum, and legal issues

Immigration Support for Children in Care and Care Leavers: Policy Resource for Local Authorities

Flowchart: How local authorities can help children improve their immigration status or acquire British citizenship

EEA National Children in Need

Routes to children’s nationality and immigration status

Children in Need Scotland: A guide for local authorities in Scotland

Children in Need: A guide for local authorities

The Good Character Requirement: A Guide from KIND UK

Discretionary Citizenship: A guide children, young people and families

British Citizenship for Children: A Guide

Support for children in need under Section 17: Local Authority obligations after BCD vs BCT

Case studies

Case Study: Atu and Ebo

Children in need, NRPF, disabilities, inadequate legal advice.

Case Study: Tarin and Family

Support for EEA children in need, pending Pre-Settled Status.

Case Study: Lena

Child in Need, adult sibling, domestic violence.

Case study: Gemma

Child in Need and family, EU Pre-Settled Status.

Case Study: Marco

Child in care: EEA national, good character requirement. 

Care Study: Khalima

Child in need taken into care, EU Settled Status for relative of EEA national, domestic… Read More »Care Study: Khalima

Case Study: Marco

Issues: Child in care > EEA national > good character requirementDownload this case study as… Read More »Case Study: Marco

Case Study: Lena

Issues: Child in Need > adult sibling > domestic violence Lena was born in a… Read More »Case Study: Lena