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• If your child is living in the UK illegally

  How to get your child a legal immigration status, such as British citizenship or ‘discretionary leave to remain’, if they are under 18 and living in the UK illegally.

• Proving your right to live in the UK with the Windrush scheme

  Find out how to prove your right to live in the UK if you arrived before 1989 or your parents arrived before 1973

• If you're going to be deported from the UK

  Your rights to appeal being deported from the UK and how to leave voluntarily

• Getting help from social services if you're homeless

  Check if you can get help from social services and what help they can give. Check how to apply for help and what you can do if they refuse

• Showing habitual residence to get help with housing

  If you moved or returned to the UK in the last 2 years, check if you need to be habitually resident and what evidence you need to prove

• After you get refugee status

  Finding new housing and applying for benefits after you get refugee status

• Getting on the waiting list for a council home

  Check if you can get on the waiting list and how to fill in your application. Check what happens when you're on the list

• Must public authorities always comply with the public sector equality duty?

  Find out when public authorities don't have to comply with the public sector equality duty, covering judicial and immigration functions and age exceptions.