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Study of New Migrants in Yorkshire and the
Humber 15 February 2007 Presented to YNYDIP
Information Seminar By Jo Wapshott
Welcome
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Background
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Background

• ESF funded project to investigate
• Volume
• Nature
• Impact
• of migrant workers in North Yorkshire, West
  Yorkshire and the Humber
• Research designed to help meet measure 2.2 which
  aims to combat discrimination in the labour
  market and improve the employability of
  disadvantaged groups

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Objectives

• Sectors are almost affected by the growing
  economic migrant population, and examining how
  they have been affected
• Key skills strengths and shortages amongst the
  economic migrant population examining whether
  the expectations of migrant workers living and
  working in the sub-regions have been met, and
  identifying how
• Available support for this group, and examining
  whether support meets their needs

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Phase 1
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Data

• Data analysis and modeling (using official data
  and bottom up estimates)
• National Insurance number applications
• Annual Population Survey
• Modelling to generate local estimates
• Bottom up data from previous mapping exercises,
  unions and Local Authorities / police contacts
• Literature review of barriers and experiences
• Interviews with key policy stakeholders around
  the region

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Literature

• Literature review of barriers and experiences
• National and regional research
• Barriers to work and progression
• Skills they have
• Support needs
• Develop questions to be addressed in primary
  research
• Interviews with key policy stakeholders around
  the region

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Stakeholders

• Interviews with key policy stakeholders around
  the region
• Support they offer
• Research they have carried out
• Experiences of supporting and contacting migrant
  workers
• Skills bodies, Local Authorities, public service
  providers

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Phase 2
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Research Objectives

• Work experiences
• Decision making processes and routes and
  information channels used
• Networks migrant workers make use of
• Characteristics of migrant workers, to validate
  desk research
• Expectations and future intentions

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What will be done

• Job broker interviews
• Employer interviews
• Community representative interviews
• Migrant worker focus groups
• Employer case studies
• Migrant worker case studies (interview based)

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Phase 3 4
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Phase 3

• Draft report
• Feedback
• Final report

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Phase 4

• Compile a database of contacts in the area
• Organise the dissemination event
• Present findings

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Progress to date

• Data, literature review complete
• Undertaking some modelling work
• Doing stakeholder interviews
• Primary research start imminent

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Contact Details

• Jo Wapshott
• Research Adviser (ESF)
• LSC Yorkshire and the Humber
• joanne.wapshott_at_lsc.gov.uk
• Donald Rintoul
• Managing Economist
• Experian Business Strategies Division
• donald.rintoul_at_uk.experian.com