Migration Pop Gill Cohesion Integration Manager Derby City

Migration Pop Gill Cohesion & Integration Manager Derby City Council

Definitions • EU Migration / Free Movement – EU citizens can move freely between member states to live, work, study or retire in another country. • Non-EU migrants – require visas/work permits, allocated on a skill Points Based System (PBS) – Tier 1 (high value); Tier 2 (skilled workers with a job offer); Tier 4 (students). Tier 3 (unskilled) entry routes are not open • Asylum seeker – someone who has fled persecution in their country of origin, has arrived in another country, made themselves known to the authorities and exercised their right to apply for asylum.

Definitions… • Failed asylum seeker – someone whose asylum application has been turned down and is awaiting return to their country of origin. • Refugee – someone whose asylum application has been successful and who is allowed to stay in another country. • Illegal immigrant – someone who has arrived in another country and has no legal basis for being there.

Net LTIM

Asylum • Immigration Act 1999 – Legal obligation to provide support to Asylum Seekers who would otherwise be destitute • Dispersal Areas – 93 local authorities agreed to be dispersal areas in 2000 – Derby, Leicester, Nottingham • 1: 200 Population – The dispersal rate – Local cluster limit of 460 set in 2007

The Derby Picture • 718 Asylum Seekers currently supported in Derby – Does not include: • • Subsistence only Unsupported Unaccompanied children Failed Asylum Seekers • G 4 S Care and Justice Services – Provision of Housing for destitute Asylum Seekers only • Statutory Agencies – school places, access to health services, social care, foster care, move on accommodation,

Who. . ? Derby Top 10 2014

Where. . . ?

Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme - VPR • 20, 000 Commitment • Supports relocation of Syrian Refugees from Refugee Camps bordering Syria • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will • Identify and assess people in need • refer people to the scheme • Home Office • confirms eligibility • Refers people to Local Authorities for consideration

Who the Scheme Supports Children and adolescents at risk Women and girls at risk Survivors of torture and/or violence Medical needs or disabilities Legal and/or physical protection needs At risk due to their sexual orientation or gender identity • Refugees with family links in resettlement countries • • •

Considerations - VPR • Potential 5 year commitment • Suitable housing and accommodation – Government has indicated that they are not asking people to come forward with offers of a spare bedroom. • School place availability • Capacity of SEN services – expected that high percentage of children will fall into this category

Considerations - VPR • Specialist health services and GP registers • expected that a high percentage will need both primary and specialist services • Capacity of fostering services / looked after children services and leaving care teams • Capacity of voluntary sector organisations • Continued rise in Asylum Seeker dispersals to the city • Financial implications beyond the first year

VPR Process Map