Migrant Help update Oct 2023
Please find attached the latest update from Migrant Help. [Not attached]
Do you have an idea for a new piece of research or evaluation that could help your organisation, or the sector?
Migration Yorkshire has established a Yorkshire and Humber Migration Research Network for professional researchers as part of Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber (RIYH). Network members include academic researchers from higher education institutions across the region and beyond, with a diverse range of research interests linked to migration. The network provides a platform for sharing information and good practice, and for networking and potential collaboration opportunities – so for example, some of our events are open to interested practitioners too.
Research network members are interested in improving the links between research and practice. We’ve been exploring the potential for the network to help meet research needs of voluntary and community sector organisations. This could include for example, demonstrating the impact of a project through evaluative work, or evidencing a need in order to help with future funding bids. You might remember that a little while ago we asked what would be on your research ‘wish list’.
If some specific research or evaluation work would be particularly useful to you in the near future, please send us brief details. With your permission we will share this with the research network, to see if any members are in a position to help. This research could be undertaken as part of a student project, for example. Obviously we can’t guarantee there would be a network member in a position to facilitate this research, but we’re very happy to explore this possibility with the network.
Conversely, there may be students and researchers looking for research sites for projects already at the planning stages – if network members share details of these with us, we may approach you as VCS colleagues to see if you’d be interested in being involved in any of these.
If anyone would like to discuss any of this further please let me know. We hope that taking this approach could be of real mutual benefit to the migration support sector and research network members.
Invitation to Yorkshire and Humber migration research event on 7 December
‘Current migration research in Yorkshire and Humber’
Thursday 7 December, 10:00 – 12:30, online
A Yorkshire and Humber Migration Research Network event
Join us to hear about some of the latest migration research happening in Yorkshire and Humber, with presentations on refugees’ housing pathways, the care needs of older migrants, the experiences of unaccompanied refugee children, and climate change-induced migration. We will also hear findings from recent national research on HongKongers’ integration.
There will also be updates from Migration Yorkshire, and a discussion on the future of the research network.
- To attend, please register on Eventbrite. You will then receive a confirmation email with further details. Please book early as places are limited!
- To be kept informed about future network events and activities, please reply to confirm that you agree to the attached mailing list privacy notice (if you haven’t previously done so).
The Yorkshire and Humber Migration Research Network aims to bring together researchers with an interest in migration from across the region, to encourage information sharing, networking and collaboration.
Migration Yorkshire is coordinating this network as part of the Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber project, funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.
Free start-up project for migrant women in West Yorkshire:
We are currently recruiting for a Migrant Women in Business project, which offers free tailored support to early-stage entrepreneurs. I’ve attached a promotional flyer and drafted a message that you could share with your networks. For more information about the programme, please visit https://www.migrationyorkshire.org.uk/migrant-women-business
I’d appreciate if you could share this as far and wide as possible! We have 12 spaces in total and the application deadline is on Monday 20th November.
NRPF reports:
Please find below links to two new reports from Joseph Rowntree Foundation on destitution and immigration, both with exploring no recourse to public funds policy.
Destitution in the UK 2023 | JRF
An_immigration_system_that_helps_people_achieve_security.pdf
The Migration Observatory have also published a briefing with some national data on people with no recourse to public funds.
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Interview Date: w/c 4th December 2023
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