Unaccompanied child migrants failed by EU Member States, including the UK

Date: 26th July 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Unaccompanied migrant children are being systematically let down, says the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee in a new report. In 2015, 88,245 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in the EU and at least 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children are estimated to be missing.

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Living at the Sharp End – CAB clients in crisis

Date: 13th July 2016
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This report, 'Living at the Sharp End: CAB clients in crisis', looks in detail at the causes of gaps in income, particularly with regards to the benefits system; the impact of gaps in income on CAB clients; and the adequacy of existing crisis assistance provided by statutory agencies.

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Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2014/15

Date: 13th July 2016
Category: Care Experienced children

This publication links school and social work data to present information on the attainment, post-school destinations of looked after young people who leave school, and the school attendance and exclusion rates of all looked after children.

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"Our generation’s epidemic” – research report into mental health services for young people

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Mental health

This report presents research carried out by Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) in early 2016. The aim of the research was to better understand young people's experience and awareness of mental health services and information.

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Children's Hearings Improvement Partnership (CHIP) - statement of vision and values

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Best interests of the child

Newly published vision and values have been adopted by the Children's Hearings Improvement Partnership (CHIP).

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Educational attainment gap data: Coalition calls for investment in vulnerable pupils

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Inclusive education

The most recent figures on attainment and leaver destinations indicate that school leavers with Additional Support Needs (ASN) are more than twice as likely to be unemployed (15.1%) than those with no ASN (6.3%) nine months after leaving school.

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Action called for as six Health Boards fail to meet targets for children’s mental health treatment

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Mental health

New figures have been published indicating that 6 out of the 14 Health Boards are failing to meet their targets (max 18 week wait) for access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

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Success for Stop the DLA Takeaway Campaign

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Disabled children

The government has now scrapped the rules that previously stopped payment of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) when a child (under 18) was in hospital.

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Children call for right to vote

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Under-18s in the UK have protested against not being able to vote in the recent referendum on EU membership. The older demographic came out ahead of young voters who were overwhelmingly in favour of remaining part of the EU.

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Eurochild conference Declaration delivered by young people

Date: 12th July 2016
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Best interests of the child

From July 5-7th 2016, the children's rights community in Europe gathered in Brussels to answer the question "Why Europe needs to invest in children" . From this conference, children and young people have published a declaration entitled "Doers should start speaking, speakers should start doing" .

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