Recommendation 8

The levels of deprivation children in poverty endure as a result of their parents being subject to the NRPF condition should not be allowed to dominate any childhood. Many parents will have NRPF for 10 years—much of a child’s formative years. Given that parents could be without access to child-related benefits and other forms of social security for 10 years, children, many of which are or become British citizens, may spend the majority of their childhood living in poverty, which will have a negative impact on their development and adulthood.