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Donte is now a British citizen and we are celebrating that. However, Donte is far from alone in growing up in this country alienated by the failure of adults to secure his citizenship in his childhood. Please, therefore, support our vital work – donate if you can and raise awareness of this ongoing injustice.

Here is our letter in the Guardian, drawing attention to the urgent need for Government action to raise awareness of British citizenship rights:

PRCBC has, with Amnesty UK, provided a submission to the Justice Committee’s inquiry into Children and Young Adults in the Secure Estate. We draw the Committee’s attention to the circumstances of children and young adults, many of whom born in the UK or brought to this country at an early age, who are without British …

This joint submission to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee concerns how the Government’s ‘earned settlement’ proposals affect children and their rights to British citizenship.

7-8 July 2026 the Administrative Court will hear the case of R (Akinyemi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, during which the approach of the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”) to registration as British citizens of United Kingdom-born individuals under ss.1 and 4L British Nationality Act 1981 (“BNA 1981”) will …

This submission concerns how the Government’s ‘earned settlement’ proposals affect children and their rights to British citizenship. PRCBC will be giving oral evidence to the Committee on 3 February 2026.

PRCBC has provided this briefing, together with Amnesty International UK, for House of Lords Report stage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which begins on 14 January 2026. 

In PRCBC’s experience, this failure to promote rights to British citizenship has a terrible impact on children and adults born in the UK or brought to the UK at a young age, many of whom suffer alienation and exclusion when missing out on being registered as citizens. Those affected are often young people from minority …

Thank you to Olu, PRCBC former client and Trustee since 2024, for speaking of his experience of growing up deprived of his British citizenship. Too many people still do not understand that birth in the UK is not enough to make someone a British citizen. Many children born here need their citizenship to be formally …

PRCBC and Amnesty UK have made a joint submission to this inquiry. Our submission focuses on the citizenship rights of children in care, explaining the relation of these rights to human rights and the several barriers to fulfilment of these children’s rights to British citizenship. Our submission includes several recommendations, which we invite the Committee …

This joint PRCBC and Amnesty submission to the Public Accounts Committee concerns Home Office fees charged in relation to rights to British citizenship.

This briefing on Amendment 60 tabled to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill for House of Lords Report concerns the requirement of good character for people, particularly children, to be made British citizens.

Following a meeting with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA) in late 2024, PRCBC has jointly with Amnesty UK provided the MoJ and LAA with a briefing explaining why rights to British citizenship ought never to have been removed from, and so should be returned into, scope for civil legal aid. …

This application was about Good character requirement in relation to people like the Claimant seeking his entitlement to registration as a British citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981.

House of Lords Committee, 23 June 2025 Nationality Guidance: Good Character Requirement Joint briefing from PRCBC and Amnesty International to the Amendment on ‘Good Character’ that has been tabled to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill in the names of The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, Lord German and Lord Kerr …

PRCBC and Amnesty UK have produced this joint briefing in support of Amendment 147 (in the name of Baroness Lister of Burtersett) to Clause 21 (Corporate parenting responsibilities) of the Bill. The Amendment concerns the need for corporate parents, including local authorities, to understand and be able to support children and young adults in relation …

We are delighted to share our updated booklet on Children and their rights to British citizenship. We are grateful to the late Benjamin Zephaniah for his powerful foreword, Chris Riddell for his beautiful illustrations and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation for funding this update. Limited numbers of hardcopies are available via admin@prcbc.net. We welcome donations to our …