Monday 5 December 2011

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Sunday 8 May 2011

Understanding Information From Turkey

SOGUT HALK EGITIM MERKEZI MUDURLUGU ( TURKEY )
Turkey is a candidate country for full membership of European Union and it is very important for us to adapt to this situation, because most of the refugee who comes from Middle East and Iraq have to come to Turkey and thus Turkey is a gateway for them.We want to attend the meetings and project as a partner and share our perspectives on protecting refugees and stateless people in migratory movements.It s a unique chance for us to obtain education, training, and working experience in the field of refugee needs ,integration and resettlement in Europe. The project helps us to gain awareness of the concepts of‘European consciousnesses and’ European responsibility’. There seems to be three durable solutions of these issue ,voluntary repatriation, local integration, and resettlement.In our project we try to look it ``other way`` and share our ideas about the subject.We want to participate the project to ensure that the concerns of displaced people are adequately addressed in peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions in light of the complementarities between refugee law and international human rights law.Our objective is to give something to assure international standards of protection for all people of concern.It is mandatory to keep this in mind that key priority is assuring that those of concern are able to access asylum,preventing and responding to violence, abuse and exploitation including sexual and gender-based violence against the refugees,reinforcing the protection of refugees within broader migration movements and maintaining the civilian character of refugee camps.We think that it is imperative to devise a legal and procedural framework that balances migration management and the protection of refugees.It is also very important to provide emergency food, shelter, water and medical supplies and we are also in contact during the project with the Turkish Red Cross. But the most important one is to train people on this subject, and this is what we are and will try to do. It s never too late to learn

Soguthem will contribute to the development and contents of the web based communication platform and curriculum.and will be responsible of the coordination on work curriculum. It will organize workshops, brain storm meetings and for improvement of curriculum
Our organization have not a chance as European countries’ organisation does but the learning needs of refugee is a special case for our community because the geographical position of Turkey force us to develop our self in these subject. Our organization has learners, and we try to open a course for teachers and volunteers about the learning needs of refugee and new immigrants to ensure them to participation in society. We are crosshatching literature about immigrant and migratory movements in the world



Understanding Integration ; A Conceptual Framework

Integration has become both a key policy objective related to the resettlement of refugees and other migrants, and a matter of significant public discussion.

what constitutes ‘successful’ integration ?

related to four overall themes:

1.achievement and access across the sectors of employment, housing, education and health..

2.assumptions and practice regarding citizenship and rights;

3.processes of social connection within and between groups within the community;

4.and structural barriers to such connection related to language, culture and the local environment.


Full and Equal Citizens’ did not offer a formal definition of the term.

key areas of activity in the public arena (employment, education etc.) which are widely suggested as indicative of successful integration.





Employment. ‘To me integration is work, if we work we are integrated’

Employment has consistently been identified as a factor influencing many relevant issues, including promoting economic independence, planning for the future, meeting members of the host society, providing opportunity to develop language skills, restoring self-esteem and encouraging self-reliance


Refugees are often highly educated in comparison with other groups of immigrants. However, a major barrier to securing employment is difficulty relating to the non-recognition of qualifications and previous
work experience. Many refugees are unable to produce proof of previous qualifications and even when they can employers may not recognize them

Duke et al. argue that evidence suggests that for refugees ‘successful resettlement depends on programmes which allow them to find a place in the new society, for example by converting their skills and qualifications so that they can be used in the new situation.

Vocational training and further education are thus usually considered as key aspects of integration to
the extent that such measures foster employability either in general terms or through enhancement of specific language or work skills and in areas with significant potential for economic growth and a demand for labour


Housing.
A home is a place of safety, security and stability, the lack of which was the main reason refugees left their country of origin

I find it difficult too about housing. I have been in the same one bedroom flat and . . . with two children for eight years… A refugee mother in Islington London

The effect that housing has on refugees’ overall physical and emotional wellbeing, as well as on their ability to feel ‘at home’, is well established

Indicators of appropriate housing that were developed during the course of this study included a range
of measures of the physical size, quality and facilities of housing, along with the financial security of tenancies and, where appropriate, ownership.

social and cultural impacts of housing is also important. Established local residents and refugees each
valued the continuity of relationships associated with being ‘settled’ in an area over time.

the significance of neighbours and neighbourhood in providing opportunities for learning from established members of the community.

Education. Education clearly provides skills and competences in support of subsequent employment enabling people to become more constructive and active members of society.

there are a number of barriers towards effective integration in school. For refugee children (and, in many cases, refugee parents) schools are experienced as the most important place of contact with members of local host communities, playing an important role in establishing relationships supportive of integration.
A lack of information about the school system is an important issue.

Health.

good health was widely seen as an important resource for active engagement in a new society As well as supporting health outcomes, reliable access to health services marks effective engagement with a key state service. in Birmingham 1 in 4 babies has a mother born outside the UK.


Language difficulties may make it difficult for refugees to communicate with health care professionals; a lack of information about services available may prevent some from taking up services (or lead to inappropriate use of services,

If one is integrating ‘within’ a society, what are the standards and expectations of that society that provide some basis for cohesion? This leads to a discussion of ‘Citizenship and Rights’ as a necessary foundation for a shared understanding of what integration is and how it may be measured.
The sense of identity as a nation incorporates certain values; and these are values that significantly shape the way that a concept such as integration is approached.

I think the first of all we establishe a mutual and responsible relationship between individual
refugees, civil societies and host states’ government should lead,but successful integration depends on the contributions of all sectors of society, including public bodies, community and religious leaders, the education system, voluntary organizations, employers and trade unions.

Our analysis suggested two major areas, not considered elsewhere within the developing framework, where such barriers existed: language and cultural knowledge; and safety and security.

And especially personal safety was not just seen in terms of actual violence; verbal abuse or even the perception that an area is ‘threatening’ appeared to have a similar affect upon refugees’ judgements of their area.

Our study must be adopted an inductive approach to develop a framework summarizing perceptions of what constitutes ‘successful’ integration.

Our framework specifies ten core domains that shape understandings of the concept of integration. The domains cover achievement and access across the sectors of employment, housing, education and health; assumptions and practice regarding citizenship and rights; processes of social connection within and between groups in the community; and barriers to such connection, particularly stemming from lack of linguistic and cultural competences and from fear and instability.






































Possible solutions for the health and social care sector
The following were suggested as potential solutions by health and social care staff:
• Asylum seekers and other migrants need a central, recognisable service
• Staff require more training to understand and deal with issues
• Targeted work with communities who present late/don’t engage
• Continue to provide and expand support for migrant mothers, especially asylum seekers,
at Children’s Centres
• Provide education for women to improve outcomes and integration
• Develop counseling and mental health services for migrants that are culture- and
language-appropriate
• Improve GP access, including ensuring clarity about requirements for identification and
addressing discrimination
• Avoid moving pregnant women where possible
• Inform health care providers when moving a pregnant woman
• Consider a coordinator role to support community health staff across Birmingham with
knowledge and advice
• “More health visitors are needed”
• Extend opening hours, including weekend midwife access
• Recruit more local staff who understand the different communities, and speak
appropriate languages
• Ensure that staff in acute settings have access to Language Line or equivalent
• Expand Healthy Start to asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants
• Reinforce the fact that the Home Office has no link to Health, and maintain this situation
• More joint working
• “Change legislation” – this was mentioned by several interviewees with respect to
current immigration law and rights of asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers
• Address the resource issue in funding/staffing NRPF services within Birmingham Local
Authority
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Maternity, mortality and migration: the impact of new communities



Summary of issues identified by all sectors
The following is a summary of the key themes identified by all the sectors which were consulted:
• Poverty and inability to provide for mother or baby, particularly in refused asylum
seekers and some spousal migrants
• Language needs are not always met in health and social care
• Relocation/dispersal due to the immigration system, or to avoid detection disrupts
social support, coping ability and continuity of health care
• Some clients experience difficulties/delays in accessing benefits/entitlements from BIA
and Local Authorities
• Domestic violence and child protection issues were highlighted as key causes for
concern
• Housing access and quality is variable
• Migrants are having difficulties with GP registration
• There are gaps in staff training/awareness
• Patient expectations, health beliefs, and service use behaviour impacts upon service
capacity patient satisfaction
• Regulations regarding entitlements to health and social care may result in high risk
health situations and poor health outcomes
• There is scope for more joint working across all sectors
Day-to day issues for migrants:
• Poverty and homelessness, particularly in refused asylum seekers and some spousal
migrants
• Language difficulties
• Immigration processes
• Inability to work legally
• Difficulties with integration
• Abuse, exploitation, domestic violence and child protection issues
9.1.2) Local service provision issues:
• Language needs are not always met
• It can be difficult to access housing, benefits and GP services
• Clients and staff report delays in social care; staff would benefit from more training
and awareness
• Client expectations, health beliefs, and service use behaviour impacts upon capacity,
professional-client relationships, and patient satisfaction
• There is scope for more joint working.


Service organisation issues:
• Dispersal and relocation disrupts social support, coping ability and continuity of
health care
• Regulations regarding entitlements to health and social care may result in high risk
health situations and poor health outcomes

Jewish-German
refugee W. Michael
Blumenthal arrives in San
Francisco with sixty dollars
in his pocket. In 1977 he is
sworn in as the 64th USA
Secretary of the Treasury
under President Carter.



Why Offer a Formal Refugee
Resettlement Program?
Selected major
refugee-hosting
countries
Country End 2001
Pakistan 2,199,000
Iran 1,868,000
Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia 777,000
Tanzania 691,000
Democratic Republic
of Congo 367,000
Sudan 354,000
China 295,000
Zambia 285,000
Kenya 252,000
Uganda 201,000
Source: UNHCR, Refugees by Numbers, 2002
Countries with established
refugee resettlement
programs
Australia
Canada
Denmark
Finland
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
USA

Countries with emerging*
refugee resettlement
programs
Benin
Brazil
Britain
Burkina Faso
Chile
Iceland
Ireland
Spain


Accommodating and respecting
global diversity

identifying some of the critical
issues that need to be considered in the planning process


Resettlement offers refugees the
possibility to begin new lives and to
become fully participating members of
society.
\

Integration is a mutual, dynamic, multifaceted
and on-going process. “From a
refugee perspective, integration
requires a preparedness to adapt to the
lifestyle of the host society without
having to lose one’s own cultural
identity.

Integration is “multi-dimensional

Family reunification is crucial to refugee
integration.

Refugees bring resources and skills to
the countries in which they resettle.
Host societies are strengthened and
enriched by the contributions of
refugees. Enabling refugees to use their own
resources and skills to help each other
is a priority.



Strengthening relationships between
those working to identify refugees
in need of resettlement and the
communities where they will be
resettled is important to the
resettlement process.











The process of adapting to a new country

The Honeymoon stage
Confrontation
Adjustment
Reconstruction


the most important thing is to learn language, learn and
understand education, employment, economic and social systems of the new country.


health care will also be important to ensure that
resettled refugees have the optimal physical and mental health
required to deal with the challenges of resettlement.

Steps

Meeting basic needs
Communicating in the receiving country

Orientation to the systems of the receiving country
Planning for the future
Family reunification

Restoring supportive relationships within families
Systems of support
Restoring faith in government

Valuing diversity
Countering discrimination, racism and xenophobia
Creating welcoming and hospitable communities
Refugee communities
Planning for all

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Session XI

Educación y clarificación en valores II.

Se comienza la sesión haciendo un pequeño recordatorio de los contenidos de la sesión anterior.

Se realiza una dinámica, consistente en una “Subasta de valores”, se hace una división de los participantes en dos grupos a los que se les reparte un mismo número de papeles con puntos con los que tienen que pujar por una serie de valores que se subastan. Con esta dinámica se pretende clarificar los valores del grupo, poniendo de manifiesto los valores que son más importantes para ellos y comparar si son coherentes con su conducta.

Se expone brevemente la técnica de Resolución de Problemas, enfatizando en la necesidad de reflexionar antes de actuar, y se hace una pequeña síntesis de las ideas más importantes tratadas en las últimas sesiones.



SESIÓN XI (14/04/2011)


We began the session with a small reminder of the contents of the previous session.

We did a dynamic action consisting of a "values auction" . We did a division of the participants in two groups with the same number of papers with points that they have to bid on a set of values auctioned. We wanted to clarify with this dynamic the group's values, highlighting the most important values for them and comparing if they are consistent with their behavior.

We exposed briefly the technique of Problem Solving, emphasizing the need to think before acting, and making a short summary of the most important ideas discussed in recent sessions.

Friday 29 April 2011

CASE 8: DISSEMINATION

 žDOT  keep publicising this partnership project by using Leaflets that are posted within our community and at public places.




žDOT is working on the production of a video which will be uploaded on different social networking websites such as YouTube, Face book, Hi 5, our blog...

CASE 7: RESEARCH PROJECT

žDOT has been conducting a research project on the integration of refugees and asylum seekers into the UK systems and customs.





žDOT research project will be the core of its contribution when drafting the brochure at the end of this partnership project.

CASE 6: SEWING PROJECT

žDOT has just launched a Sewing Project which consists of teaching refugees women how to tailor clothes.





žDOT has registered 10 women for its first year.

CASE 5: DEBT MANAGEMENT

žDOT has been providing financial advice to refugees and asylum seekers.







žDOT has been helping refugees to budgetise their income as most of them are in debt.

CASE 4: DRIVING TEST

žDOT is helping refugees and asylum seekers to prepare and pass their driving theory test in the UK.





žDOT has installed a driving theory test software in their computers so that people can practise.

CASE 3: REFUGEES INTO CITIZENSHIP

žDOT is helping people from refugee background to pass the citizenship Test.





žDOT has installed a citizenship software so that they can be able to prepare and pass the test confidently. 

CASE 2: REFUGEES STUDENTS

žDOT has been helping students from refugee background to access universities where they can further their studies and obtain an academic qualification.

žDOT has been helping them to apply for student finance loans to cover their academic fees and living expenses.





žDOT has been helping  them writing their personal statement and reference. 

CASE 1: ONLINE CENTRE

žDOT has been working in partnership with UK Online Centres to provide support to unemployed refugees and asylum seekers.






žDOT has become a training centre provider helping refugees and asylum seekers to access free training courses on IT and English.

žDOT has registered 15 people for the period covering Jan 2011 to March 2011 in our online courses.s and asylum seekers to access free training courses on IT and English.

DOT has registered 15 people for the period covering Jan 2011 to March 2011 in our online courses

Needs on Resettlement and Integration of Refugees in Europe Turkey 2011

 From 28th to 30th March we have been in Turkey (Eskisehir and Segut) and for the third partnership meeting .the Discovery of talents has been represented 7 of members of staffs:
·         Mr Justin Nsiko-Bankwa
·         Mr Bosango Bolongo
·         Ms Nuclette Odia
·         Mr Kika Aime Bubala
·         Mr Wilson Nkall Bolokya
·         Mr Kadicha Kyandwe
·         Ms Christiana Mujinga