Community safety and cohesion

Social integration, community engagement, identity, social impacts, community tensions, human trafficking, forced marriage, and more.

Views expressed in the documents below are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of North West RSMP.

Community cohesion: The views of white working-class communities

H Beider, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2011

Reviewing the experiences of residents in three neighbourhoods across England, this study:
  • critically reviews the concept of community cohesion and its application;
  • looks at whether white working class communities are a forgotten group disconnected from policy and politics;
  • discusses the complexity of whiteness, class and cohesion; and
  • recommends changing community cohesion to a grassroots initiative, embracing difference and diversity.

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Migrant destitution in North West England

North West RSMP, 2011

This report aims to do the following:

  • Map the extent and nature of migrant destitution in North West England
  • Share good practice
  • Look at ways of working together to utilise resources to maximum effect
  • Identify any other potential solutions to the problem of migrant destitution.

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No easy options: Irregular immigration in the UK

T Finch and M Cherti, IPPR, 2011

This report aims to tackle the question of how to reduce irregular immigration. The authors argue that, given that the best recent estimate put the number of irregular immigrants in the UK at well over half a million, the scale of the phenomenon is one obvious reason why it demands attention. However, it is not scale alone, but rather scale allied to the harm it does which provides the compelling imperative to take action on irregular migration.

The report sets out four key priorities for action - reducing real harm, containing irregularity, increasing public confidence and reducing irregularity - and policy recommendations to work both upstream (pre-arrival) and downstream, including:

  • initiatives in origin countries
  • cooperation with transit countries
  • border security
  • targeting the irregular immigration industry
  • a risk-management approach to enforcement and return, and
  • increasing returns.

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Working with Roma in the North West

North West RSMP, 2011

This report highlights areas of good practice across the North West and provides insight into the number of Roma people living in the region, along with the issues this gives rise to, and the work undertaken by statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure positive community relations.

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'Black Africans' in the UK: Integration or segregation?

L Mitton and P Aspinall, UPTAP, 2011

The principal finding of this research project was that the socio-economic position of Black Africans in the UK varied by country of birth, but it should be noted that internal differences in country of birth groups are also important. The implication is that policy makers need to be flexible in responding to the varying support needs of different Black groups, taking into account country of birth. In the context of limited resources, the priority should be targeting Somalis and Congolese, because they are the most disadvantaged groups. One of their main needs is language support. Another area for concern is the low educational attainment of pupils from these ethnic backgrounds. Schools and social services need procedures in place to manage the relatively frequent residential moves made by Black Africans.

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Fear and hope: The new politics of identity

Searchlight Educational Trust, 2011

Based on the findings of a survey undertaken by the polling organisation Populus involving 5,054 respondents, this report examines attitudes, identity and extremism in contemporary England.

The report is available to view online at http://www.fearandhope.org.uk/

 

   

Wrong kind of victim? One year on: an analysis of UK measures to protect trafficked persons

Anti-Slavery International for the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, 2010

This report argues that, in practice, the UK has not established a system led by the principle that a person who has been trafficked has experienced abuse and requires time to recover before being subject to an immigration system that is designed to identify and remove people without entitlement to remain in the UK. The authors conclude that the existing system is not satisfying the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, and make a range of recommendations they believe are needed to remedy this.

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Trafficking in persons to Europe for sexual exploitation

UNODC, 2010

This report shows that human trafficking is one of the most lucrative illicit businesses in Europe, with criminal groups making around $3 billion per year through sexual exploitation and the forced labour of some 140,000 people at any given time. In Europe, most of the victims are from the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. Antonia Maria Costa, Executive Director of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), urged all European countries to join the Blue Heart campaign:

"Europeans believe that slavery was abolished centuries ago. But look around – slaves are in our midst. We must do more to reduce demand for slave-made products and exploitation."

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Empowering women or perpetuating victimhood: Minority ethnic and Roma women's experiences of domestic violence policy and service provision

YY Yildiz, F Baumann and S Dutta, IMECE Turkish Speaking Women's Group / London Training and Employment Network / Regional Social Welfare Resource Centre, 2010

This report presents the findings of research funded by the European Commission's Daphne Programme. The main objective was to identify gaps in the UK and Hungary's national and international legislative frameworks and policies in addressing the needs of minority ethnic and Roma women experiencing Domestic Violence, and the barriers facing them in accessing help and support. The report concludes that minority ethnic and Roma women's experience of domestic violence is shaped by an intersection of inequalities based on gender, race, ethnicity, class, culture, immigration status and state policies and practices, which works to exacerbate the violence they face. It argues that when minority ethnic and Roma women do make contact with services, their engagement is often ineffective due to a similar intersection of discriminatory systems and practices from such services. The report provides a series of recommendations for the EU, national governments and local authorities. Broadly speaking, the report proposes that when women receive holistic support from specialist agencies, not only do they feel safe, they also feel empowered.

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Central and eastern European migrants in Tameside

L Scullion and G Morris, University of Salford, 2010

Since 2004, a large number of central and eastern European migrants have moved into Tameside. In order to meet the challenge of providing responsive services to new communities, Tameside Council commissioned this research through the Migration Impacts Fund. The report focuses on some of the key issues facing central and eastern European migrant communities in Tameside, as well as providing an understanding of the impact of migration on key public services. It includes sections on migration experiences; education and qualifications; employment; accomodation; community and neighbourhood; access to goods, services and facilities; and future intentions.

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