Asylum and Immigration

The Refugee and Migration Children’s Consortium (RMCC), a coalition of more than 100 organisations working with refugee, migrant and separated children, is deeply concerned about the impact of the Immigration and Asylum Bill on children, young people and families. Our briefing for Second Reading of the Bill examines the impact of key provisions affecting children’s […]

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC) is deeply concerned about the government’s proposed asylum and settlement reforms, as outlined in Restoring Order and Control and A Fairer Pathway to Settlement. Key proposals include replacing five-year refugee status with short, renewable periods of “core protection”, extending routes to settlement to up to 20 years; restricting […]

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium welcomes aspects of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (BSAIB), particularly the repeal of child detention powers, the Home Office accommodation powers over unaccompanied children, the Safety of Rwanda Act 2024, and other significant portions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA). While we support the repeal of […]

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium is firmly opposed to the Safety of Rwanda Bill in its entirety. The Bill legislates that Rwanda is safe, something that has been authoritatively found to be false by the Supreme Court, and in doing so is likely in breach of international law. It is an affront to the […]

RMCC members are profoundly concerned by the Illegal Migration Bill which is designed to deny refugees the chance to seek protection. We agree with the UN Refugee Agency that the Bill undermines the very purpose of the Refugee Convention. It risks breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The government has not […]

As the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) passed through the Commons in 2019, the Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium submitted evidence to the Bill Committee and briefed on the following amendments: Best interests assessments Children’s Rights Impact Assessments Citizenship Fees

Doubling the Immigration Health Surcharge November 2018 You can download a print-friendly version of this briefing here. Since 2015, most non-EEA nationals making an immigration application either to enter or remain in the UK have been required to pay an annual surcharge to the National Health Service (NHS) in addition to any relevant immigration application […]

Coverage of the Windrush cases and those of long-resident Commonwealth citizens has shone a light on the number of barriers facing individuals who came to this country as children and are entitled to remain in the UK but struggle to regularise their status. This problem extends to other generations including thousands of undocumented children and young […]

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) call for evidence: The Home Office’s consideration of children’s ‘best interests’ You can download a print-friendly version of this consultation response here. October 2017 The Refugee Children’s Consortium (RCC) is a group of NGOs working collaboratively to ensure that the rights and needs of refugee and migrant […]

Briefing on the National Transfer Scheme, August 2017 You can download a print-friendly version of this briefing here. Background Launched on the 1st July 2016 by the Home Office and Department for Education, the National Transfer Scheme was described as a ‘new voluntary transfer arrangement between local authorities for the care of unaccompanied children who […]