Category: Children

PRESS RELEASE: Unlocking Support: Age Disputed Young People in Scotland

Our report reveals critical findings. The findings highlight the immense pressure local authorities are under, with limited resources affecting their ability to fulfil statutory duties. To improve access...

Gaza Family Scheme: We signed a joint letter addressed to the Home Secretary

Alongside over 70 organisations across the UK, we signed a joint letter — coordinated by The Gaza Families Reunited campaign — asking the Home Secretary to introduce a Gaza Family Scheme. Read the full...

Statutory Instruments allowing for the use of scientific methods to assess age: we signed a joint parliamentary briefing addressed to MPs and Peers

Alongside the Refugee Council and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, we signed a joint parliamentary briefing outlining our concerns with the UK Government’s intention to authorise the...

UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: we wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice

Alongside Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), we wrote a letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice asking the Scottish Government to set out a clear timetable for legislative ...

UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: we signed a joint letter addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice

Together with other organisations across Scotland, we wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice regarding the progress of reconsideration of the  UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. We think...

#RefugeeBanBill: we signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children

Together with UK’s top children’s charities, we signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children as part of the [Illegal] Migration ...

UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill: we signed a joint letter addressed to the Scottish Government

Together with other 44 organisation we wrote a letter addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and to the Minister for Children and Young People & Keeping the Promise, calling ...

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: open letter to SNP Leadership Candidates

Together with other civil society organisations we have have written to SNP leadership candidates calling for action as we approach the second anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights...

Joint statement on the urgent need to safeguard unaccompanied children

JustRight Scotland, together with over 70 organisations, has written a joint statement in response to ECPAT UK’s new report Outside the Frame, which gives chilling statistics on how many children arriving...

Children’s Rights Organisations Statement on the Nationality and Borders Bill

We strongly urge MSPs to withhold consent for the Nationality and Borders Bill, as the Welsh Senedd has done already.  The Bill represents the most severe assault on refugee rights in decades. Children...