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Asylum seekers

Definition: Helping the integration of asylum seekers. Depending on the official status of the asylum seeker – an extremely complex area, with variations between Member States – assistance may be for new ways of helping to access the labour market, or to provide training for unsuccessful asylum seekers prior to their leaving the country

Theme I partnerships have been set up to support asylum seekers, and have encompassed innovative methods of teaching ESOL, developing ways of auditing and assessing the skills of asylum seekers, capacity building for voluntary organisations, and activities directed at helping asylum seekers to support each other.

Further Information:

• ECOTEC Thematic update paper: Theme I
• Theme I mainstreaming strategy

Baseline Statistical Update 2003: Asylum Seeker & Refugee ReportThe Baseline in its entirety is 6 volumes, including a separate report for each of the 3 SIP areas: Milton, Springburn, East Balornock and North Glasgow; an overall report for the entire North Glasgow regeneration area and a report on the business community.

Briefing and guidance Training package for volunteers and also briefing and guidance for any new agencies using volunteers as interpreters.

Building Bridges: Asylum and the MediaA successful conference called “Building Bridges – Asylum and the Media” was held by the project in November 2004 and brought together asylum seekers, journalists and asylum seeker/refugee organisations.

Capacity Building ESOL Learning for asylum seekersThe aim of this report is to understand the issues for both asylum seekers accessing and receiving ESOL support in Birmingham and Solihull and issues for the organisations delivering to this agenda.

CARIS websiteSave the Children Fund and University of Glasgow have created a web site providing authoritative information on legal issues affecting young asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland. The website is fully interactive and contains relevant and accurate information for children and young people, parents, and lawyers and advisors.

Centre of ExcellenceBeing recognised as as CoF.

Childcare and Employability ReportReport on the ASSET UK Childcare and Employability project run by Cardiff ESOL Parade Service.

CitizenskillsThis was a multimedia resource produced by ASSET UK for citizenship and ESOL aimed at asylum seekers and tutors of asylum seekers.

Concentus Transnational ReportFinal report of the activities of the Transnational Partnership Concentus.

Connexions Outreach ReportA summary of activity and issues from the drop in services that have been provided to Asylum Seekers through the Wardlow Road Centre, Handsworth Connexions Centre, Midlands Refugee Centre, Refugee Hostel, Community Integration Project and the Brasshouse Centre.

Counselling training programme and counselling serviceThis is a unique service to create a skills base to deliver counselling (with a non-western theoretical base) for asylum seekers which has been used by organisations in dealing with people in distress.

DASRIE Final ReportReport of transnational partnership.

Early Access to ESOL ReportReport of the outreach process to engage with asylum seekers.

Empowering Asylum SeekersEmpowering Asylum Seekers Report written by the Refugee Council on behalf of ASSET UK.

Empowering Asylum Seekers to Support the Regional Economy and Local CommunitiesSeries of regional conferences held across England and Scotland 2003-2004.

Equal Opportunities in PracticeA report written by the Refugee Council on behalf of the EQUAL ASSET UK Development and Mainstreaming Partnership.

ESOL Curriculum DevelopmentReport detailing the development of appropriate mechanisms and tools for future delivery of ESOL to asylum seekers.

ESOL for Asylum SeekersA survey of good practice.

ESOL Materials13 ESOL units were developed at Beginners, Post Beginners, Post Elementary, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate level.

Exhibition of collaborative workThe exhibition will be shown at various locations in the city and will include photography, arts and craft skills, and music.