Skills Audit of Refugees

Kirk, Rachel

doi:10.1037/e635872007-001

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“…These included Camden, Haringey and Islington in North London, Hackney and Newham in East London, and Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark in South London. From across these locations a non-random sample was taken of 50 businesses owned/managed by migrants from three developing-world regions which all had an incidence of recent migration to the UK according to Home Office Figures (Kyambi 2005;Kirk 2004;Vertovec 2006;IPPR 2007). These comprised the 'Horn of Africa' or Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan), 'Western Asia' (Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq), and Latin America (Bolivia and Colombia) (see Table 1).…”

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Population superdiversity and new migrant enterprise: The case of London

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Lyon

2011

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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Population superdiversity and new migrant enterprise: The case of London

Sepúlveda

Syrett

Lyon

2011

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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“…A skills audit of refugees published by the Home Office (Kirk 2004) found that over 40% of refugees held qualifications before arriving in the UK, and almost a half had received over ten years of education -roughly equivalent to leaving school aged 16 or over. In addition, the audit found that 32% of men and 25% of women had either under or postgraduate qualifications and 37% were in professional or managerial occupations before coming to the UK.…”

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Lifelong learning and the social integration of refugees in the UK: the significance of social capital

Morrice

2007

International Journal of Lifelong Education

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“…Kirk (2004) found that 22 per cent had been in managerial and senior positions, 15 per cent had been in professional occupations and 23 per cent of those who had been working prior to migration had been in skilled trades. The survey of 400 refugees used in this article found that 12 per cent had arrived in the UK with a degree or a higher degree, and 4 per cent had a professional qualification.…”

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Refugees in the UK Labour Market: The Conflict between Economic Integration and Policy-led Labour Market Restriction

Bloch¹

2007

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link AbstractThis article draws on data from a survey of 400 refugees and shows low levels of labour market activity. The minority of refugees who are working are in secondary sector jobs with little opportunity for progression. Moreover, refugees with high levels of skills who are working are not in jobs commensurate with their skills and qualifications. The article examines the human capacity and personal characteristics that have an impact on refugee employment, and finds the greatest difference in employment is between men and women, although English language fluency and training are also very important. Employment is a major part of the refugee integration strategy, and employment initiatives focus on capacity-building rather than discrimination or reversing restrictive policies. The article concludes that strategies need to focus on individual employability as well as measures to overcome personal and structural barriers to the labour market.This article examines the inherent contradiction between UK refugee integration strategies that focus on employment and, in particular, the employability of refugees, and restrictive government policies that negatively affect access to the labour market. The article argues that a real commitment to the economic integration of refugees requires a radical reform of recent policy that contributes to exclusion and underemployment. The article will first examine the position of employment in refugee integration policy. Secondly, the main factors that have an impact on refugee employment will be explored, and the importance of human capacity such as English language and refugees' personal characteristics will be highlighted. Thirdly, refugees' perceptions of their own barriers to the labour market which revolve around human capacity issues will be considered. Finally, the position of highly skilled refugees with English language fluency will be explored to show the ways in which refugee integration policy is not addressing their unemployment and underemployment because of the failure of policy to address discrimination and the ways in which current refugee policies add to economic exclusion.

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Skills Audit of Refugees

Abstract: I would especially like to thank the original managers of this project, Janis Makarewich-Hall and Kate Hitchcock, who were responsible for initiating this project and managing the survey itself.

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Population superdiversity and new migrant enterprise: The case of London

Population superdiversity and new migrant enterprise: The case of London

Lifelong learning and the social integration of refugees in the UK: the significance of social capital

Refugees in the UK Labour Market: The Conflict between Economic Integration and Policy-led Labour Market Restriction

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