British born migrant children fight to survive poverty

Four and a half million children – or one in three – officially live in poverty in the UK. Although the government has pledged to tackle it – some of the most vulnerable young people could be left without any financial safety net at all.

These are children who were born in Britain, to migrant parents with a legal right to work here. Yet they have visas saying they have ‘no recourse to public funds’ – with no access to universal credit, income support, social housing or even child benefit. We’ve been filming with some of the young people affected over the last two years.

Developed and produced by Brenna Daldorph

Filmed and directed by Rachel Cumella

Editors: Paddy Garrick and Alex Malcolm