LDS pro bono support for Street Child Cricket World Cup
24 April 2019
LDS is immensely proud to be involved with the 2019 Street Child Cricket World Cup.
Pulling together such an event with 80 street children from across the world is fraught with difficulty, “these children are often without birth certificates. By coming to a Street Child World Cup and obtaining a passport, they become someone for the very first time”.
With almost half of LDS’ fee earners working with Street Child United and handling the visas on a pro bono basis, the task of collating supporting documentation has been extremely complex. “We deal with immigration cases daily and you almost assume someone will have a passport. That brings a different angle to things.”
Read the full article on the Evening Standard website here.
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