A new documentary on the challenges for young people in securing the right to remain in the UK will air on BBC on 5 May 2021.
BBC Panorama’s “Am I British?” looks at the reasons why so many people, many of whom were born in the UK and have never lived anywhere else, are being denied their rights to vote, to attend university, to work and may even face deportation.
We are so pleased our client Sam is featured, alongside our friends and partners at We Belong and Praxis.
At JCWI we believe every child born and raised in the UK should have an automatic right to British citizenship
A baby born in the UK is not automatically a British citizen – instead, since 1981, citizenship depends on the nationality and immigration status of the baby’s parents.
For people who were not British citizens at birth, but live in the UK for their whole life, the route to register as British is complex, expensive, and not guaranteed. Many people are not aware the route exists or is needed.
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