Experts warn that the UK\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s new residency tests will leave vulnerable children at risk of exploitation.<\/p>\n
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Child protection experts have warned that the British government\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s proposed changes to residency tests could leave many vulnerable children destitute and at risk of exploitation.\n<\/p>\n
Children’s charities expressed concerns that trafficked or abandoned children would be denied basic legal protection under new residency measures for legal aid, The Guardian reported.\n<\/p>\n
“Many children who have been abandoned, trafficked into sexual exploitation or forced labour \u2026 will be left without a voice and right of redress. They will be prevented from challenging decisions and denied their basic rights to help and protection,” said Matthew Reed, the Children’s Society chief executive.\n<\/p>\n
Applicants will need to be lawfully resident in the UK and to have lived in the country continuously for at least 12 months in order to qualify for legal aid under the new proposals.\n<\/p>\n
Recently, the European commission argued that Britain imposes an extra residency test on European Union (EU) nationals that does not apply to British citizens, saying the UK is breaching EU law.\n<\/p>\n
The EU commission also stated that the discriminatory test could deny thousands of immigrants their right to claim unemployment and family welfare benefits to which they are entitled under European law.\n<\/p>\n
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