Act urgently to protect children at risk of exploitation, says Law Centre (NI)
Law Centre (NI)'s Anti-Trafficking Young People Project was pleased to contribute to BBC NI’s Spotlight programme which highlighted that eight separated children went missing in Northern Irel...
Legal aid statistics and the cuts that keep on cutting
This morning saw the release of the quarterly legal aid statistics for October-December 2015. The picture they present is a worrying one to Law Centres, and some issues stand out. Just as eviction...
Two Law Centres shortlisted for prestigious legal awards
Two Law Centres - South West London Law Centres and Avon and Bristol Law Centre - are celebrating today being shortlisted for the Solicitors Journal Awards 2016. Picked from "an unprecedented...
Deporting children seeking asylum - our comment
The immigration minister, James Brokenshire MP, has today corrected his response to a parliamentary question from late October. The corrected figures show that, since 2007, some 3,750 former u...
Keep Children’s Best Interests At Heart of Asylum System - New Report
People charged with making life-changing decisions about unaccompanied children seeking asylum should be supported to ensure that their best interests are at heart. This call is set out in a n...