Integration up North

ARCHIVE PAGE - this project ended in June 2015

‘Integration up North’ was a project to improve and mainstream the integration of third country nationals [TCN’s] through a programme of research, training, guidance, strategic support and migrant participation for local authorities and other key policy-makers and practitioners. Third country nationals are people who have come to Britain to settle and who are not citizens of a European Economic Area country or refugees.

The project ran for 4 years, ending in June 2015. It was funded by a grant from the European Integration Fund.

Migration resources produced by the project

• Briefing papers  A series of briefings on: migrants and community cohesion; migrants and equality and diversity; making migration a human issue; and resources to support work on migration.
• Destination integration: third country nationals in the North of England  Research report.
• Initial findings from our local research project investigating the settlement and integration experiences of newly-arrived third country nationals living in the North of England.
• Introduction to migration: booklets  A series of booklets on migration, covering issues such as key terms, rights and entitlements. This was supplemented by an online interactive e learning course.
• Local migration profiles [LMPs].  Summaries of the main migration trends in particular areas of Yorkshire and Humber. 
• Migration in Yorkshire and Humber: an overview  A review of what’s happening about migration in the region, with a short description of migration past and present, support initiatives, leadership and challenges facing service providers in 2014.
• Migration maps  Migration data maps of each local authority area in Yorkshire and Humber.
• Searchable online database of summaries of research about migrants who have arrived in Yorkshire and Humber since 1999.
• Who are migrants?  Easy-to-use guide.

What did the project do?

• Interviewed TCNs about their integration experiences and shared the findings throughout Yorkshire and Humber.
• Recruited TCN as volunteers to help inform the work of the project.
• Supported a network of local ‘migration champions’ in statutory services across the region to improve their knowledge of working with migrants, and that of their organisation.
• Ran training sessions in local authorities and other organisations for staff working with specific TCN groups [for example: women, young people and children, the elderly, people with disabilities and illiterate / innumerate people].
• Provided support to local authorities and other organisations to review and develop policies on integration.
• Wrote a new range of migration guidance booklets.

Project partners

The key partners in the project July 2014 to June 2015 were:

• Migration Yorkshire [lead partner] – running the training programme and writing guidance booklets
• MigrationWork - providing advice, strategic support and assistance to partners 
• University of Salford - carrying out research and disseminating research findings