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Migration

The West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership (WMSMP) is the principal Regional policy forum on refugee, asylum and migrant issues. It is based within the Regional Partnership Centre and the West Midlands Leaders Board.

WMSMP is one of eleven regional consortia across the UK, established as a result of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999, which legislated that asylum seekers would be dispersed to regions across the UK. All regional consortia are core funded by the Home Office and were set up to co-ordinate activities regarding the dispersal, accommodation and support of asylum seekers and the integration and social inclusion of refugees.
 
WMSMP has developed in response to changes in dispersal and migrant patterns, numbers and policy requirements and in 2007 was asked by the Home Office to include new migrants in its remit. The Partnership aims to oversee asylum seeker dispersal and facilitate the integration of refugees and migrants in the West Midlands by effective multi-agency working across the region.

The Secretariat - which is made up of four staff - seeks to:

  • Work in partnership to gather regional data and monitor and evaluate the impact of policies and influence policy decisions
  • Promote the inclusion of asylum seekers, refugees and new migrants through a multi-agency approach
  • Identify and seek to address gaps in resources and service provision
  • Ensure relevant organisations are aware of the needs of asylum seekers, unsuccessful asylum seekers, new refugees and migrants
  • Partner with local, regional and national bodies including government departments to deliver on specific initiatives.

The West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership's Business Plan is a comprehensive guide to the aims and objectives and membership of the Partnership. It contains a detailed action plan setting out the actions which need to be taken to ensure effective dispersal of asylum seekers and integration of refugees and new migrants through partnership working in the Region.

Supporting documents

 WMSMP Strategic Business Plan 2009 - 2010 

More related publications can be found in the Library section of the website.

Last modified on 22nd August 2011 at 11:37 am by Farhana Darwich.