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Hello all Ivelina Metchkarova-Taylor and colleagues at the Yorkshire & Humberside Consortium for Asylum Seekers & Refugees edit and distribute a weekly newsletter on asylum and refugee issues (this week's attached below). It contains (quoting from the YHCASR website): "General information bulletin about the refugee sector - occasional email updates including: some job vacancies, policy updates, regional developments and training opportunities. Most of the information is regional, but some is national." If you would like to sign up, contact [log in to unmask] James ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Mon 29/10/2007 11:39 fyi - Forwarded by Ivelina Metchkarova-Taylor/NHD/LCC on 29/10/2007 11:30 ----- Weekly Newsflash: 19th October - 26th October Asylum 'Towards a Progressive Immigration Policy' report This publication has been produced by Compass, Migrant Right's Network and the Barrow Cadbury Trust and consists of twelve essays on politics and the ways it can be made to relate to immigration policy. http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/files/progressive.pdf Migration New ONS report on short term migrants The first experimental estimates from the Office for National Statistics of the number of short-term migrants to England and Wales. Press release: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/mig1007.pdf Report: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/methodology/specific/population/future/imps/updates/downloads/STM_Research_Report.pdf Early Day Motion Keith Vaz, MP, has introduced an EDM on: 'Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers'. http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=34047&SESSION=885 TUC launches website to support Polish workforce in the UK The TUC has launched a new Polish website to support the Polish workers in the UK. http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-13869-f0.cfm Living and Working in the UK: Your Rights The TUC together with the Citizen's Advice Bureau have issued guidance for A8 migrants on living and working in the UK. The guide contains sections on housing, council tax, TV licenses, energy suppliers, as well as advice on how to access healthcare, open a bank account and find a suitable school. http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/workingintheuk.pdf Funding Call for tender for the European Integration Fund 2007 The Border and Immigration Agency is inviting proposals for projects to be supported through the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals for a period of up to 3 years. The European Integration Fund is aimed at legally newly-arrived migrants (i.e. within the last 5 years) who are not asylum seekers/refugees, EU or EEA nationals and who have not come to the UK under visa categories such as students. The closing date for completed applications is Tuesday 20th November. http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/callfortender_europeanfund Ivelina Metchkarova-Taylor Information and Projects Manager Yorkshire & Humberside Consortium for Asylum Seekers & Refugees 4th Floor, Phoenix House 3 South Parade Leeds LS1 5QX tel: (0113) 214 3947 fax: (0113) 214 3963 http://www.refugeeaccess.info/yhrmp ________________________________________________________________________ The information in this email (and any attachment) may be for the intended recipient only. If you know you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disclose the information in any way and please delete this email (and any attachment) from your system. The Council does not accept service of legal documents by e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________ *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html A quick guide to using Jiscmail lists can be found at: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/help/using/quickuser.htm To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]