MiCLU
@micluteam.bsky.social
The Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit based at Islington Law Centre. Working for the rights of migrant and refugee children and young people. https://miclu.org/
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These resources are designed to help ensure children and young people who are newly arrived in the UK are supported through high quality, trauma-informed life story work 🌱
We are proud to have supported @bluecabin.bsky.social in creating this work 🤝
We are proud to have supported @bluecabin.bsky.social in creating this work 🤝
Life story work resources to support refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people - Creative Life Story Work
Resources to support life story work with refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people.
creativelifestorywork.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:51 AM
These resources are designed to help ensure children and young people who are newly arrived in the UK are supported through high quality, trauma-informed life story work 🌱
We are proud to have supported @bluecabin.bsky.social in creating this work 🤝
We are proud to have supported @bluecabin.bsky.social in creating this work 🤝
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A new report finds tougher rules may have wrongly denied support to thousands of modern slavery survivors.
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM
A new report finds tougher rules may have wrongly denied support to thousands of modern slavery survivors.
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
Home Office data shows over half of refusals later reviewed were overturned, suggesting many initial decisions were wrong.
Essential reporting from @mellino.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social
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This is extremely urgent as regards the hugely flawed and damaging Earned Settlement plans, which need to be scrapped entirely asap. There is no problem whatsoever with the existing five year system (bar the Life in the UK test, which could be made more relevant).
I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this.
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
January 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
This is extremely urgent as regards the hugely flawed and damaging Earned Settlement plans, which need to be scrapped entirely asap. There is no problem whatsoever with the existing five year system (bar the Life in the UK test, which could be made more relevant).
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Smugglers often force people to pilot boats, using threats against them or their families. Prosecuting an Afghan 18 year old seeking asylum for this is twisted and shows how Labour is more interested in playing to Reform than ensuring people are provided with safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First person charged under new small boat Channel crossing law - BBC News
Aman Naseri, 18, denies endangering 46 people during a boat crossing to the UK on 5 January.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Smugglers often force people to pilot boats, using threats against them or their families. Prosecuting an Afghan 18 year old seeking asylum for this is twisted and shows how Labour is more interested in playing to Reform than ensuring people are provided with safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For many of those seeking asylum a mobile phone isn't just a lifeline to keep in contact with loved ones, it's an essential resource in accessing information and resources. State mandated theft is another example of Labour's dehumanisation of people seeking safety
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners
People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
For many of those seeking asylum a mobile phone isn't just a lifeline to keep in contact with loved ones, it's an essential resource in accessing information and resources. State mandated theft is another example of Labour's dehumanisation of people seeking safety
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Legal practitioners: Sign-up now available for free legal training seminar on 4 February on representing Albanian asylum cases, held jointly with @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social. To register: bit.ly/4qxewyV
December 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Legal practitioners: Sign-up now available for free legal training seminar on 4 February on representing Albanian asylum cases, held jointly with @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social. To register: bit.ly/4qxewyV
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Yet again, evidence shows that the government’s persecution of migrants is based on lies.
The government must stop this performative cruelty against survivors of modern slavery: provide safe routes and safeguard those fleeing exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The government must stop this performative cruelty against survivors of modern slavery: provide safe routes and safeguard those fleeing exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK asylum seekers not widely abusing modern slavery rules, report finds
Exclusive: Thinktank’s findings undermine successive home secretaries’ statements about misuse of system in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yet again, evidence shows that the government’s persecution of migrants is based on lies.
The government must stop this performative cruelty against survivors of modern slavery: provide safe routes and safeguard those fleeing exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The government must stop this performative cruelty against survivors of modern slavery: provide safe routes and safeguard those fleeing exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Thinking about a new role for the New Year? If you are an experienced immigration solicitor, we would love to hear from you! Deadline for the vacancy: 12 Jan 2026
Join our team! We are looking for an experienced immigration solicitor to join our innovative and friendly immigration team at the Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (MiCLU), based at Islington Law Centre. For more info see here: miclu.org/get-involved...
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thinking about a new role for the New Year? If you are an experienced immigration solicitor, we would love to hear from you! Deadline for the vacancy: 12 Jan 2026
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1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
1/🧵📣NEW STATEMENT
Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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Members of the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group have shared a new statement responding to recent changes to the asylum system and how these plans make them feel as people who came to the UK seeking safety.
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Our Santas are doing their warm ups - please donate!
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Our Santas are doing their warm ups - please donate!
Please donate to help young asylum seekers this Christmas🙏🙏🙏
On 13 Dec we'll be running for our Breaking the Chains project. This year has been tough and the project struggles with simple things like travel costs for the young people & buying food for cooking sessions. With increased hostility, every bit of support is precious. Please donate:
bit.ly/4oDC43Z 🙏
bit.ly/4oDC43Z 🙏
Santa 5km for Breaking the Chains
Help Fund Raiser raise money to support Islington Law Centre
www.justgiving.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Please donate to help young asylum seekers this Christmas🙏🙏🙏
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"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
UK Government slammed for 'ignoring' migrants in child poverty plans
A CHARITY has slammed the UK Government for “ignoring” migrant children in its plan to tackle poverty.
gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
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UK immigration law Bsky: join my excellent colleagues for this online seminar on age assessments tomorrow
📢Webinar: National Age Assessment Board Decisions: Recent Judgments. A joint webinar by Doughty Street Chambers and Osbornes Solicitors LLP.
Register here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/event/nation...
Register here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/event/nation...
National Age Assessment Board Decisions: Recent Judgments
National Age Assessment Board Decisions: Recent JudgmentsA joint webinar by Doughty Street Chambers and Osbornes Solicitors LLPTuesday 9th December 2025 | 09:30 - 10:30This webinar is brought in quick...
www.doughtystreet.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
UK immigration law Bsky: join my excellent colleagues for this online seminar on age assessments tomorrow
Absolutely chilling. A borders and asylum minister who wants to "ramp up our appetite there." The government has completely lost sense of any compassion.
The Home Office hopes the deportation of UK-born children will be seamless', a minister has said
Labour minister wants 'seamless' deportation of UK-born children
www.thenational.scot
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Absolutely chilling. A borders and asylum minister who wants to "ramp up our appetite there." The government has completely lost sense of any compassion.
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National Age Assessment Board Decision quashed in landmark judgment - Catherine Meredith and Michael Spencer represented ALK and were instructed by Alex McMahon and Amir Faizi at Osbornes Solicitors LLP.
National Age Assessment Board Decision quashed in landmark judgment
On 27 November 2025 the Upper Tribunal handed down judgment in ALK v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (JR-2025-LON-000694).
www.doughtystreet.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
National Age Assessment Board Decision quashed in landmark judgment - Catherine Meredith and Michael Spencer represented ALK and were instructed by Alex McMahon and Amir Faizi at Osbornes Solicitors LLP.
On 13 Dec we'll be running for our Breaking the Chains project. This year has been tough and the project struggles with simple things like travel costs for the young people & buying food for cooking sessions. With increased hostility, every bit of support is precious. Please donate:
bit.ly/4oDC43Z 🙏
bit.ly/4oDC43Z 🙏
Santa 5km for Breaking the Chains
Help Fund Raiser raise money to support Islington Law Centre
www.justgiving.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On 13 Dec we'll be running for our Breaking the Chains project. This year has been tough and the project struggles with simple things like travel costs for the young people & buying food for cooking sessions. With increased hostility, every bit of support is precious. Please donate:
bit.ly/4oDC43Z 🙏
bit.ly/4oDC43Z 🙏
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The Government says these reforms are “for councils”, but councils themselves are warning they will cause real harm.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Government says these reforms are “for councils”, but councils themselves are warning they will cause real harm.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
Children are still going missing yet it is acceptable to house 16-and 17-year-old trafficking victims in so-called “supported accommodation”. The system disproportionately affects unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children. It is not working. Every child deserves to be safe and protected.
A new report from ECPAT UK and Missing People shows that more than 2,000 trafficked and/or unaccompanied children went missing from care in the UK in 2024. These children are at particularly high risk of exploitation and other types of harm when missing.
Read the story ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdz9bzwe
Read the story ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdz9bzwe
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Children are still going missing yet it is acceptable to house 16-and 17-year-old trafficking victims in so-called “supported accommodation”. The system disproportionately affects unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children. It is not working. Every child deserves to be safe and protected.
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If, like me, this utter betrayal by Labour is making your blood boil, can I ask you let them know your feelings here www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If, like me, this utter betrayal by Labour is making your blood boil, can I ask you let them know your feelings here www.gov.uk/government/c...
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We already see the devastating impact of 20 year routes on individuals. They need scrapping, not more people forced onto them. Any of us can find ourselves needing help at some stage. Pushing people into more debt and misery because they do is unjust and discriminatory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Some migrants to face 20-year wait for settled status
Shabana Mahmood says becoming part of the UK is "not a right but a privilege – and one that must be earned".
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We already see the devastating impact of 20 year routes on individuals. They need scrapping, not more people forced onto them. Any of us can find ourselves needing help at some stage. Pushing people into more debt and misery because they do is unjust and discriminatory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In 2018 young people on the 10-year route lodged judicial review claims challenging refusals to grant settlement. Their claims documented the devastating impact of the 10-year route on young people & resulted in a major govt concession. Govt proposals today to double this route are punitive & cruel.
Home Office media release on new settlement rules.
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In 2018 young people on the 10-year route lodged judicial review claims challenging refusals to grant settlement. Their claims documented the devastating impact of the 10-year route on young people & resulted in a major govt concession. Govt proposals today to double this route are punitive & cruel.
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Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
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Who knows the asylum system best?
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Who knows the asylum system best?
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
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The gov’s new asylum plans are the harshest yet.
🛑 Just 30 months’ leave — no long-term security
🛑 Family reunion blocked — loved ones kept apart
🛑 No duty to support the destitute
🛑 Safe routes only for workers/students
We know what young people need to rebuild: stability, safety, belonging.
🛑 Just 30 months’ leave — no long-term security
🛑 Family reunion blocked — loved ones kept apart
🛑 No duty to support the destitute
🛑 Safe routes only for workers/students
We know what young people need to rebuild: stability, safety, belonging.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The gov’s new asylum plans are the harshest yet.
🛑 Just 30 months’ leave — no long-term security
🛑 Family reunion blocked — loved ones kept apart
🛑 No duty to support the destitute
🛑 Safe routes only for workers/students
We know what young people need to rebuild: stability, safety, belonging.
🛑 Just 30 months’ leave — no long-term security
🛑 Family reunion blocked — loved ones kept apart
🛑 No duty to support the destitute
🛑 Safe routes only for workers/students
We know what young people need to rebuild: stability, safety, belonging.
Join our team! We are looking for an experienced immigration solicitor to join our innovative and friendly immigration team at the Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (MiCLU), based at Islington Law Centre. For more info see here: miclu.org/get-involved...
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Join our team! We are looking for an experienced immigration solicitor to join our innovative and friendly immigration team at the Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (MiCLU), based at Islington Law Centre. For more info see here: miclu.org/get-involved...