The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Birmingham was commissioned by Birmingham and Solihull Learning and Skills Council to undertake a programme of research, to provide a clearer and more in-depth account of the size, skills and needs of the asylum seekers and refugee (ASR) population. The need for this piece of work arose as a result of the Government's policy dispersal policy of asylum seekers and their growing visibility in the communities and neighbourhoods.
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