CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UK facilitates access to secure residence status for children and young people On March 15, the Home Office presented changes to the UK’s Immigration Rules that will facilitate access to secure residence permits for non-British children and young people living in the country. Under the new changes, which will take effect as of 20 June 2022, undocumented children born in the UK can apply for indefinite leave to remain after seven years of continuous stay in the country, and apply for citizenship after their tenth birthday. Young undocumented people aged 18 to 24 who have lived in the UK for at least half of their lives will be able to enter a five-year procedure to apply to get permanent residence status (previously the procedure lasted ten years). The applicants will get temporary residence status for the duration of the procedure. These changes are the result of long-time advocacy by youth-led organisation We Belong and PICUM members. Amsterdam city and universities sign deal for higher education for undocumented people The municipality of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, signed an agreement with the city's universities to improve access to colleges and universities for undocumented young people. The universities will proactively facilitate access to study visas and vocational training, while the municipality will look into financial assistance for undocumented students who have spent most of their childhood in the Netherlands. Both the municipality and the universities will advocate together to make study visas easier to obtain, for instance by removing the requirement of a long-stay visa.