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Refugees, migrants and the Equality Act 2010: a briefing for public authorities
This briefing is intended to provide clear information about the rights of refugees and migrants that will help authorities to meet the needs of these individuals.
Resource type: Leaflet / Factsheet / Resources
File size: 355.27kb
Author: Barbara Cohen
Publisher title: Barbara Cohen
Date published: 2011
Date added: 28 July 2011
Migrants from A8 countries and housing in the East Midlands
Includes a useful overview of patterns of settlement in the East Midlands.
Resource type: Report
Author: Jenny Phillimore, Lisa Goodson, with Jayne Thornhill
Publisher title: Jenny Phillimore, Lisa Goodson, with Jayne Thornhill
Date published: 2008
Date added: 22 December 2010
Migrant workers in the East Midlands labour market
"This report provides a profile of international migrants in the East Midlands and their role in the regional labour market."
Resource type: Report
Author: Anne E Green, Paul Jones and David Owen
Publisher title: Anne E Green, Paul Jones and David Owen
Date published: 2007
Date added: 22 December 2010
Including youth: learning from the Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Fund
Available to read on-screen or to download as a pdf from this website.
"In this report are lessons for all those organisations interested in bringing about social change, whether they are funders, policy makers, or those delivering services at the front line."
Resource type: Report
File size: 210kb
Author: Jane Pitcher and Jane Thompson (edited by Alison Harker and Steven Burkeman)
Publisher title: Jane Pitcher and Jane Thompson (edited by Alison Harker and Steven Burkeman)
Date published: May 2010
Date added: 10 October 2010
Involving refugees through volunteering at Leicester Libraries
"Leicester Libraries have been working to involve refugees and asylum seekers in service development since 2001. Starting from a consultation exercise with asylum seekers about their information and stock requirements, the work took shape with the creation of a post in 2005 dedicated to service development and community involvement.
Time was invested into relationship-building with refugee organisations, and developing a refugee volunteer programme. This has led to a range of initiatives to involve the community, based at the library, including a partnership from 2008 with a community media social enterprise, Citizens' Eye, and Hatnews, an associated news agency dedicated to refugee and asylum issues."
Resource type: Good practice case studies / Q&As
Date published: 2010
Date added: 30 April 2010
Gathering evidence effectively ...
An updated edition of this key guide, subtitled: "A rough guide to navigating secondary sources of data and information on refugees and asylum seekers in the UK."
Resource type: Leaflet / Factsheet / Resources
File size: 439kb
Date published: November 2009
Date added: 22 December 2009
Refugee Council multilingual website
"Our multilingual website has information on the asylum process and asylum support in 18 languages plus English. The site is suitable for use by clients and advisers and can even be used independently by clients, with site navigation in your chosen language.
The site includes regularly revised downloadable leaflets covering a range of topics such as applying for asylum, destitution at the end of process, advice on racial harassment, Section 4 support and guides to housing, benefits and employment for refugees. Another valuable resource is the Language Identification Chart, which is a fully downloadable document identifying 62 common languages."
Resource type: Website
Date added: 20 July 2009
Working with New Arrivals - the ‘Library Journey’
Draft checklist produced by Lincolnshire (and added here with their kind permission) that allows you to assess your progress in developing services for new arrivals.
Resource type: Leaflet / Factsheet / Resources
File size: 97kb
Author: Kieran Bussoopun
Publisher title: Kieran Bussoopun
Date published: 2nd draft, 2009
Date added: 10 July 2009
Refugee Week booklist
Booklist produced for 2009 Refugee Week by Bedford Libraries; it was available in the library with a display and was also given out to other organisations involved to hand out at events during the week.
Added with kind permission of the library service so that other libraries can use a similar format for next year.
Resource type: Leaflet / Factsheet / Resources
File size: 5155kb
Date published: 2009
Date added: 8 July 2009
Liverpool Libraries' videos - Welcome To Your Library
Liverpool Libraries have posted their WTYL videos to YouTube.
Resource type: Website
Date added: 27 May 2009
Museums, libraries and archives - supporting new communities and responding to migration trends
New paper from MLA, which “sets out the contribution that museums, libraries and archives can make in responding to and supporting the needs of new communities, and increasing understanding and engagement between people from different backgrounds.”
Resource type: Book
File size: 32kb
Author: Jennifer Ngyou
Publisher title: Jennifer Ngyou
Date published: Feb 2009
Date added: 28 April 2009
Southend Libraries' "Taste of Poland" event
Southend Libraries organised a "Taste of Poland" event in March 2009, and have kindly given permission for their publicity to be displayed here as an example of good practice. They produced the overall description of the event in English, plus:
- the description in Polish
- posters in English and Polish
- a flyer in both Polish and English.
Resource type: Leaflet / Factsheet / Resources
File size: 22kb
Date published: 2009
Date added: 21 April 2009
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