Securing Migrant Children and Young People's belonging, identity and safety
Education for asylum seeking children
Starting in summer 2024, we began research, in partnership with the Public Law Project and Garden Court Chambers. Based on our own experiences, we felt there were systemic issues with children in asylum accommodation facing significant delays accessing school places, with the allocation of asylum accommodation policy, short notice dispersals and the presumption of the availability of school places at the root of the issue.
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We carried out surveys of organisations seeking their casework experiences advocating for children and gathered case studies of children's experiences of education delays, culminating in a report which was released in February 2025.
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We are keen to continue to gather data and consider how this issue can be addressed. Find out more about the project and take action below.
Latest campaign updates
Read our lessons learnt and report
Read our summary, download the report and read about our research and children's experiences of delays.
Download the report as a PDF here.
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Watch the recording of the report launch on the 24th February 2025.
Tell us about the problems you see
We are keen to continue to collect data on this issue and understand people's experiences, so we can use this data in future advocacy, policy work and potential challenges.
You can submit your casework data to us in any format. We would also really value case studies.
Email us here.
Submit your experiences
Are you a child or family who has been in asylum accommodation and experienced school delays? Send us an email to tell us more about your experience using the link below. .
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Have a child facing long delays?
We may have capacity to support children who are facing particularly long delays to accessing school places and are in asylum accommodation or provide advice to caseworkers / referrers.
If you would like to discuss a particular case with us, please email casework@togethermigrantchildren.org.uk.
