ESRC Briefing Papers available

Following the successful conclusion of the ESRC Seminar Series, 'Understanding the migrant experience'; six briefing papers, which outline the main themes and summarise the contributers presentations, are now available to view online.

ESRC Briefing Papers

 

Foresight Global Migration Project

CMPR's Director Professor Heaven Crawley and Research Associate Dr Stephen Drinkwater have contributed papers to the international Foresight Project on Migration and Global Environmental Change, the findings of which will be launched at the Royal Geographical Society on 20th October 2011.This event is the culmination of a two year study led by the UK Government Office for Science which has examined how diverse environmental changes will converge on populations between now and 2060; and the profound consequences for those who move and for those who stay behind, and also for the regions of origin and destination. The work has drawn on the latest science and evidence, and incorporates the different perspectives of experts from across the globe. As such, it has produced fresh thinking which challenges some commonly held notions surrounding the relationship between migration and environmental change. It also raises issues for diverse areas of policy, ranging from humanitarian assistance, international governance, and sustainability agendas, to environmental change, urban development, conflict, and of course the management of population movements. For further information and to access the report and evidence base visit
http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/current-projects/global-migration 

 

Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and Young People - All Wales Practice Guidance

Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett was a part of a working group made up of representatives from the WSMP, Swansea Children’s Services, Swansea University and the Welsh Refugee Council, that developed guidance for practitioners to safeguard and promote the welfare of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.  This guidance sits within part  5 of the All Wales Child Protection Procedures (2011). 
The Guidance can be downloaded at www.awcpp.org.uk/areasofwork/safeguardingchildren/awcpprg/proceduresandprotocols/index.html 

 

Nordic Network for Research on Refugee Children

The Nordic Network for Research on Refugee Children met in Gothenburg in December 2010.
The theme of the Gothenburg meeting  was 'Research on Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Europe'
the programme for the meeting and the presentations are now available online.

Programme

Presentations

 

Coping with Destitution: Survival and livelihood strategies of refused asylum seekers in the UK.
Heaven Crawley, Joanne Hemmings and Neil Price.

Thousands of refused asylum seekers in the UK are living in destitution. Published in February 2011, this research, part-funded by Oxfam and conducted by the Centre for Migration Policy Research, reveals the strategies they are forced to use to survive.

Links to the full report and summary of the research can be found below:

Research Summary
Full Report

 

 

Ending the Detention of Children: Developing an Alternative Approach to Family Returns

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government Coalition Agreement (May 2010) included a commitment to end the detention of children for immigration purposes. A review process was established by the Home Office to identify how this commitment would be delivered. Professor Heaven Crawley was commissioned by the Wales Family Returns Group to produce a briefing paper on alternatives to detention which can inform the review process. The paper draws upon an existing body of research in the UK and internationally to develop an alternative approach which does not rely upon detention to secure family returns. The evidence presented in the paper suggests that  alternatives to detention are meaningful only if they exist within a broader system of decision-making that ensures ongoing and consistent contact is maintained, and where asylum seekers have information about their rights and are aware of their obligations.
 
The briefing paper, Ending the Detention of Children: Developing an Alternative Approach to Family Returns is available below as a pdf, as is the Executive Summary  

Ending the Detention of Children  

Ending the Detention of Children - Exec Summary  

CMPR e-newsletter

Previous editions of the CMPR newsletter are available as below as pdf's

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