For those interested in the experiences of unaccompanied children in the situation Tim Loughton is hypothesising - check out the evidence from Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs ongoing inquiry on Family Migration. Here is evidence given by a 21-year-old Eritrean who sought reunion with his siblings:

I worked with the Migrants Law Project on the evidence they submitted to the inquiry. Some important points here about how Ukrainian war refugees have been treated by the Home Office versus those fleeing the Tigray war:

Found this to cut through all the crap and bureaucracy that denies refugees the right to reunite without a complex legal process:

Our clients urgently needs to raise £1600 for visa fees to reunite with his sister, who is currently living in unsafe conditions in Africa. Our client has already survived a life changing injury, and just wants to be with family. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-amanuel…. Please donate or share

Please consider donating to our crowdfunder; we need about £1,000 to help our client reunite with his 15 year old sister, currently in Africa in unsafe conditions. Amanuel is a refugee who just can't afford the prohibitive visa fees crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-amanuel…

We are pleased to be working with Benny Hunter on a project about the criminalisation of young asylum seekers and refugees (w/Commons Law CIC). Please read his powerful piece on the prosecution of young asylum seekers for piloting small boats

They are almost there raising the funds for this family reunion application. Please re-share to help push it over the line. Having family support after unimaginable trauma is priceless ❤️

We are really close! Thank you so much to everyone who donated. We have other clients in similar situations who we are scrambling to find money for: any donations over the £3k will go to help equally desperate refugee children

We are thrilled to announce that MigrantsLawProject is joining Asylum Aid. The Migrants’ Law Project has an amazing track record of securing change in policy and practice through legal action, defending the rights of people seeking asylum and others with insecure legal status.

We are fundraising to unite 4 year old Helen with her family in the UK: she needs to pay fees of around $3,000 before she can leave Ethiopia. Please give what you can! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/unite-4-year…

great news - a man applying for his wife & children to join him in the UK from Gaza has won his case, meaning they won't have to enrol biometrics before applying amazing work by Asylum Aid - now we need to fight to make this the rule not the exception 🧵 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-685280…

Very proud to be involved in this case: Home Office refusal of Gaza family reunion requests ‘irrational’, judge rules theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

🚨Important win in a legal case brought on behalf of families in Gaza. The Home Office unlawfully denied families from applying for reunion visa due to their inability to give biometrics. This put lives at risk in Gaza, with some having died waiting. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…