Briefings on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025
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 […]
Briefings on the Illegal Migration Bill
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 […]
Briefing on the National Transfer Scheme, August 2017
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 […]
Department for Education draft statutory guidance for local authorities
RCC response to the Department for Education draft statutory guidance for local authorities: Care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery. You can download a print-friendly copy of this consultation response here. The Refugee Children’s Consortium (RCC) is a group of NGOs working collaboratively to ensure that the rights and needs of refugee […]
Independent Child Trafficking Advocates: briefing for Westminster Hall debate
“I feel confident that my advocate gives me all the information I need to know about what they’re doing for me.”
In 2015, the Modern Slavery Act provided for independent child trafficking advocates to support child victims of trafficking in England and Wales. 2 A system of advocates was trialled in 23 English local authorities between September 2014 and September 2015. Following an independent evaluation published in December 2015, the Government decided not to roll out a nationwide service immediately, but instead to consider adapting and further testing the role of the independent child trafficking advocate.