International Workshop

International Workshop "Promoting Change through
Innovation: New Approaches in Servi ces for Migrants and Refugees"

The European Centre for Migration and Social Care at the University of Kent
invites you to our International Workshop "Promoting Change through
Innovation: New Approaches in Services for Migrants and Refugees" at the
University of Kent, Canterbury from the 13th to the 15th of June.

The Workshop is open to all researchers, social care and mental health
professionals, planners and policy makers interested in promoting best
practice in services for migrant and refugee groups. Speakers include Dr
Angela Burnett, (Sanctuary Practice, Hackney and the Medical Foundation),
Dr Charles Watters, European Centre for Migration and Social Care, David
Palmer, MIND Bexley, Professor Suman Fernando and Dr Chris Endersby,
Honorary Lecturers, University of Kent.

The cost of the workshop is £150 which includes all lectures, seminars and
teaching materials, meals and refreshments. Overnight accommodation not included.

To book a place and for more information please contact Kalli Glezakou
K.Glezakou@kent.ac.uk 01227 827613

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Conferences and Meetings

"National sector-led forum on community cohesion and integration"
27 February, Latimer Place, Chalfont and Latimer, Buckinghamshire
http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7864424.
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.uk)

Motherland
http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on?action=details&id=1941
(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.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"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/cafe.shtml
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.uk)

"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 West
Midlands. Places are limited to two per organisation.
Further info from: Yvonne Harley on 0121 414 4956 y.t.harley@bham.ac.uk.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"Beyond induction: raising the attainment and supporting the integration of
all new arrivals"
30 April 2008 9am-3.30pm, Barnsbury Centre, Offord Road, Islington
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.gov.uk.
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

"Far from home" - and evening of Latin American women: poetry and music -
Exiled Lit Cafe event
Mon 7 April, Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2
http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/cafe.shtml
(Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk)

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 UK
appears to be a popular destination for secondary migrants. The UK's
Somali, Congolese, Tamil, Nigerian and Latin American communities
include significant numbers of people who have migrated from elsewhere
in Europe. This seminar will examine this 'hidden' migratory movement.
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 Europe.
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/lists/forced-migration.html)

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5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference

The University of Oxford has just published a Call for Papers for the 5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference to be held from the 1 March 2008 at the University of Oxford. The theme for the 2008 conference will be "Rethinking Solutions for Forced Migrants" and this conference followings on from the 2006 student conference which was held here at the University of East London.

Call for Papers Link: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/StudConf08.pdf

Details of the 2006 Conference held at UEL: http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/research/fmsc/index.htm

Further details and information on past conferences: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/

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