Migration
Since 1 April 2007, WMSMP has formally been required by the UK Border Agency of the Home Office, in addition to the overall governance of asylum seeker dispersal and integration services for refugees, to incorporate the needs of new migrant workers.
In order to ensure that WMSMP responds to this mandate, a Scoping Exercise was undertaken by Farhana Darwich (Senior Policy Officer) from the WMSMP Secretariat to make recommendations as to the Regional resources and work required to respond to whatever needs are identified. The Scoping Exercise was completed in December 2007. To view the Regional Migration Scoping Exercise and Executive Summary, click on the links below:
The West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership (WMSMP) in partnership with Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust (HOBtPCT) have also compiled the report: Maternity, mortality and migration: the impact of new communities.
A successful Regional Conference 'Migration Matters: Mainstreaming Migration in the West Midlands' was organised by WMSMP on 23 February 2009 to consider the impact of migration on the Children's, Cohesion, Health and Skills agendas and to identify key priorities, delivery mechanisms and partners in the Region. Important recommendations came out of this event for local and Regional agencies - for details see the conference report