Kids In Need Of Defence UK

MiCLU & Islington Law Centre success in bringing back legal aid for unaccompanied children

As a result of Judicial Review proceedings, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice Lucy Frazer, announced that the government would bring immigration advice and representation for unaccompanied and separated children back into the scope of legal aid.Read more

Working with children and young people

Brighter Futures teach us how to work with children and young people.Read more

Christine Benson: our newest supervising solicitor

Christine tells us why she's happy to be working with Kids in Need of Defense UK.Read more

JustRight Scotland: our newest hub

Changing Scotland's pro bono landscape is the Glasgow based legal centre, JustRight Scotland.Read more

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MiCLU & Islington Law Centre success in bringing back legal aid for unaccompanied children

Working with children and young people

Brighter Futures teach us how to work with children and young people.

Because every child has the right to dream

Christine Benson: our newest supervising solicitor

Christine tells us why she's happy to be working with Kids in Need of Defense UK.

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We support pro bono lawyers so that they can take on a case from start to finish. That means that our pro bono lawyers help a child, young person or their parent prepare and submit an application for citizenship or permission to reside in the UK.

Why we do it

Research estimates that there are over 120,000 undocumented children in the UK. Some of them are British but unable to prove it, many of them have a legal entitlement to British citizenship; even more would suffer human rights violations if they had to leave the UK.