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Some EU nationals in Wales may not be aware they need to apply for their children to be allowed to stay in the UK, according to charities.
6-Year-Old Brit Tells Donald Tusk: 'I Know We Are Leaving The EU, But I Think We Should Be Friends'
13/03/2019
A six-year-old has written a sweet letter to the president of the European Council asking to be friends – despite the fact we’re leaving the EU.
Children in care born to EU parents face complex barriers to remaining in the UK.
Anger as Home Office confirms primary school children of EU citizens to be checked for criminal records
10/09/2019
Government says all applicants for EU settlement scheme aged 10 and over will be checked for criminal records – despite previously stating these checks would only apply only to over-18s.
Anger as US firm involved in detention of child migrants to run ‘border operations centre’
01/12/2020
Palantir must 'ensure the technology they are providing in no way contributes to abuses in the UK’, government told
Boris Johnson's Brexit bill one step away from being finalised after completing passage through parliament
22/01/2020
Hard-fought EU withdrawal legislation now needs only Royal Assent to become law, clearing path for Brexit on 31 January.
Youngsters’ short stories imagine magical solutions to political crisis. / Brexit is the “children’s word of the year”, according to linguists at Oxford University Press (OUP).
BREXIT has heaped pressure on Scotland’s nurseries with a third of EU staff leaving the sector since 2018, a new report has found.
Schools told to be ‘flexible’ in event of food shortages as councils and private sector step up no-deal planning.
Brexit threatens children’s health with concerns over recruiting specialist doctors, report warns
23/01/2019
Brexit poses a real risk to the health of children in the UK, with concerns over recruiting specialist doctors and access to research funding, according to a new report.
Britain faces expulsion from a medical network that helps to identify and treat conditions that affect tens of thousands.
Potential rising cost of quality ingredients could also mean the return of the Turkey Twizzler, caterers claim.
Britain's au pair system 'killed' by Brexit
24/02/2021
Once a childcare mainstay for many working parents, Britain's au pair system is under threat after Brexit -- piling pressure on families and forcing some mothers to consider quitting their jobs.
Home Office ministers have been criticised for not spending millions of pounds of EU funding to help tackle problems areas such as food deprivation, homelessness and child poverty.
The UK government is to cut 60% of its funding to Unicef, the United Nation's children's fund, as part of its move to reduce spending on foreign aid.
EU children in custody to be stripped of rights as Home Office prevents them from applying for settled status
09/09/2019
Ministers are accused of subjecting EU children to ‘double punishment’.
Formula shortages causing stress for parents - Brexit one of the reasons given for the issue [4 mins]
21/06/2023
Parents are reporting ongoing difficulties finding formula to feed their babies. / Complications importing goods post-Brexit is one reason that has been given for the issue.
Government Suffers Fourth Defeat On Post-Brexit Child Refugees' Rights – But Still Won't Budge
21/10/2020
"The only winners if we remove legal routes to safety for refugee children trying to reach family here are the criminals and the traffickers," says Lord Dubs.
In a judgment handed down last Friday, the High Court has cast doubt on the British citizenship status of children born in the United Kingdom before 2 October 2000 to EU citizens who did not at that time possess indefinite leave to remain.
The Home Office is preparing to end the current system of family reunification for asylum-seeking children if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Guardian has learned.
The number of foreign student trips organised to the UK by specialist European tour operators this year is down 83% compared to pre-pandemic 2019, largely due to a post-Brexit passport rule change.
"Families should be together," says Lord Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child and led peers' immigration bill revolt.
UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons.
No-deal Brexit could force Kent schools into ‘lockdown’ due to air pollution from traffic congestion
23/01/2019
'It is prudent that schools begin to plan for possibility of disruption following Brexit'
UK researchers fear being blocked from EU-wide testing of treatments for diseases including rare childhood cancers.
Operation Yellowhammer: diabetics and child cancer patients ‘to be hit hardest’ by no-deal Brexit
18/08/2019
Government concedes that it 'will not be practical to stockpile products to cover expected delays of up to six months'.
Post-Brexit delay on air quality standards condemns more London children to breathing toxic air
15/11/2022
Ministers were accused on Tuesday of condemning another generation of children to breathing toxic air in London and other parts of Britain by setting a target to tackle it only by 2040.
The scheme offers EU nationals the opportunity to apply for settled or pre-settled status in the UK. / However, access to this support varies between holders of EU settled status and of pre-settled status. Questions are being asked of the European Commission whether the UK is complying with its obligations.
Legal school meal nutrition standards may need to be amended, or discarded, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to internal local council planning documents seen by the BBC.
Loss of young Europeans on pupil visits will cause major cultural damage to UK, warn tour organisers.
The prime minister has shown where her priorities lie, as she tries to save her political skin while ignoring the school-funding crisis, says one campaigner.
One of the UK’s largest canteen suppliers has written to its school catering staff and advised them to stock up on food as part of contingency plans to make sure children are properly fed through the winter.
Tens of thousands of EU citizens in UK to lose legal status next month due to Brexit ‘cliff edge’
19/05/2021
The EU settlement scheme, which guarantees post-Brexit residency, closes on June 30.
A school has reportedly sent its pupils home with a letter about how Brexit could affect a school trip - including everything from food to visas.
Thousands of EU children face ‘cliff edge’ as still without post-Brexit status three months before deadline
30/03/2021
Three-quarters of EU nationals in local authority care yet to be granted settled status, figures show.
Thousands of kids face a miserable Christmas with presents delayed in pre-Brexit ports chaos
09/12/2020
The British Toy and Hobby Association has called on the Government to save Christmas for thousands of children by taking immediate action.
Thousands of vulnerable EU children risk falling foul to hostile environment due to ‘woefully inadequate’ support
02/09/2019
Lack of government funding to help children in care apply for EU settled status could leave many undocumented and without access to state care, charities warn.
Bid to force Boris Johnson to act thrown out – despite charities warning youngsters are in danger as they are forced to turn to smugglers.
Torture survivors and lone children stuck in Greece and Italy after Home Office ‘deliberately’ ends cooperation on family reunions. / “Before Brexit, there was a clear process for children to join their families in the UK, but since then the government has failed to communicate effectively with European authorities,” said Bethany Gardiner-Smith.
The issue arises when teenagers turn 18. One mother said; 'It's getting beyond a joke'.
Parents wrongly told ‘your child will need six months left on their passport’. / Ninety-three weeks after the Brexit transition phase ended and the UK fully left the European Union, the government still is putting out false information on passport validity for the EU and the wider Schengen Area.
The UK is one of the worst places in Europe for paid parental leave and affordable quality childcare, the UN's children's charity has said.
"To be honest, it’s very hard on my son. We tried to make light of it, just saying we are going on vacation, but he misses his father," one British mother whilst being forced apart by Brexit from her French husband.
Work with European countries to prevent abuse and exploitation is vital, they say.
A leaked letter has revealed concerns about the "significant impact" of Brexit on vulnerable children requiring cross-border care by Northern Ireland social workers.
Over the years there have been a number of stories about how EU laws impact our lives in the UK.
New EU rules on food safety have highlighted how the Windsor Framework will change the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Study finds children in England and Scotland experiencing rising racism and prejudice in public after Brexit vote.
"It leaves some of the most vulnerable children in the UK undocumented and facing an insecure future."
‘Untenable’: Child asylum seekers being held for days without access to beds or showers, watchdog warns
19/10/2020
System for dispersing child asylum seekers to local councils is ‘buckling’, says children’s commissioner.
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