Internationally blended families involving EU citizens and British-born children are being warned that their children could face “serious problems” after Brexit if they do not already have documentation to stay in the UK. Parents from the EU are being urged to get their children’s status documented as soon as possible if they want them to avoid hostile environment checks by the Home Office which could mean measures such as bank accounts being closed, driving licences cancelled and job offers being withdrawn. The consequences for those that have not obtained British citizenship for children of two EU citizens living in Britain are “potentially severe”, according to the paper published by immigration law experts at the University of Birmingham. “Where neither of the parents is British at the time of the child’s birth, a child will later struggle to prove the British citizenship to which he or she is entitled from birth,” says the … [Read more...] about EU parents warned children need papers to stay in UK after Brexit
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Russia fire: Tragedy as parents recall final words with children trapped in shopping mall
The parents of three sisters have described receiving desperate phone calls from their trapped daughters just minutes before they died in a locked cinema as flames engulfed a Russian shopping centre. On Monday, a litany of fire safety violations were blamed for the death toll in the fire in the industrial Siberian city of Kemerovo reaching as high as 64. Investigators said fire exits were blocked and the fire alarm system was switched off by a security guard shortly after the fire broke out. Authorities launched a criminal investigation into the fire. Four people were arrested and questioned by police on Monday, including the head of the company responsible for servicing the fire alarm system and the technical director of the company that owned the shopping centre. “Our children burned while we just watched,” said Olga Lillyevyali, who rushed to the shopping centre as the fire was underway, Russian news website Meduza reported. Her three daughters, twins aged 11 and … [Read more...] about Russia fire: Tragedy as parents recall final words with children trapped in shopping mall
French children to start school at three
Europe 27 March 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43562029 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Children in France will start school at the age of three instead of six, under new reforms announced by President Emmanuel Macron.The change will give France one of the lowest compulsory school starting ages in Europe.But it … [Read more...] about French children to start school at three
Woman, 3 children die in Russian mall fire
Russian authorities say three children and a woman have died in a fire that broke out in a multi-storey shopping centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.There has been no immediate information on the cause of the Sunday fire in the city 3000 kilometres east of Moscow.Russia's Investigative Committee initially said four children died in the fire, but committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said it was three children and a woman, all found in a children's playroom. She didn't say whether they died of burns or smoke inhalation.State news agency Tass said nine other people were hospitalised in the blaze. … [Read more...] about Woman, 3 children die in Russian mall fire
Russia shopping centre fire kills children
Europe 25 March 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43531684 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel At least four children have been killed and several people injured after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in southern Russia, state media report.The blaze started on the fourth floor of the Winter Cherry building in the … [Read more...] about Russia shopping centre fire kills children