"National sector-led forum on community cohesion and integration"
27 February,
http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk
This is the second of a series of national events designed to bring the
sector together to: shape policy development; debate key issues; network with
peers; share best practice in light of recent developments. This forum will
look at the issues faced by relatively more affluent areas, market towns and
two-tier authorities.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org
Motherland
http://www.youngvic.org/whats
(Source: Women's Asylum News)
Sun 2 Mar, 6pm, Young Vic, London
The heartbreaking and heroic journeys of women and children who have sought
refuge in the UK, brought to life through personal testimony by refugees and
performance by leading actors, including Juliet Stevenson. £10 (free to
asylum seekers). See weblink or call 020 7922 2922. Proceeds to Women for
Refugee Women and the Yarl's Wood Befrienders.
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"It was, the pain of words" - Exiled Lit Cafe event
Mon 3 March, Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2
http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk
With the poet, Mehrangiz Rassapour, who was born in the south east of Iran
(Khoram-abad) and is the chief editor of "VAJEH" (Word ) a magazine for
Iranian literature and culture www.vajehmagazine.com; and Ghias Al Jundi, the
Syrian-born poet, writer and human rights activist.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org
"Refugees, new migrants and economic inclusion: challenges and solutions
policy conference"
Friday 14 March 2008 at The Business School, University House, Edgbaston Park
Road, University of Birmingham B15 2TY
Free policy conference exploring new migration and economic inclusion, with
presentations from speakers across the UK on issues around new immigration,
economic inclusion and social cohesion. You will also have the opportunity
to take part in a workshop exploring some of the initiatives that have been
successful in working towards the inclusion of new migrants in the
Midlands
Further info from: Yvonne Harley on 0121 414 4956 y.t.harley@bham.ac.uk.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org
"Beyond induction: raising the attainment and supporting the integration of
all new arrivals"
Islington's EMAS are hosting a National Educators' Conference.
For further information and for a booking form, please contact: Joan Clarke,
Ethnic Minority Achievement Service. T: 020 7527 5899; Email:
Joan.Clarke.camb-ed@islington
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"Far from home" - and evening of Latin American women: poetry and music -
Exiled Lit Cafe event
Mon 7 April, Poetry Cafe,
http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org
The Secondary Migration of non-EU nationals in Europe
ippr, 30 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA
11.30am-5pm, Tuesday 22nd April 2008
While secondary migration has received attention from academics, in the
UK there has been little policy debate about it. Yet significant numbers
of non-EU nationals do migrate from one EU state to another and the
appears to be a popular destination for secondary migrants. The
Somali, Congolese, Tamil, Nigerian and Latin American communities
include significant numbers of people who have migrated from elsewhere
in
In particular it will
* map and define who are secondary migrants
* present new research on this issue, and
* debate the public policy implications of the secondary migration
of non-EU nationals in
Speakers include Anna Lindley and Nick Van Hear, Centre for Migration,
Policy and Society, University of Oxford and Jill Rutter, Institute for
Public Policy Research.
For further information and to book a place, please contact Jill Rutter,
Migration and Equalities Team j.rutter@ippr.org or 0207 470 6121
(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - archives are available at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk
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