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Briefing: Crib sheet - Integration of refugees

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The Government is consulting on how to integrate people who have been recognised as refugees and are allowed to stay in Britain.

Why do I hear "election" when you start talking about immigration issues? This isn't about canvassing Middle England. The Government is consulting on integration proposals set out in its second refugee integration paper for England. Scotland already has a strategy in place, and Wales is working on developing its own. And this is about refugees, not asylum-seekers.

And the difference is? Aside from the rhetoric? The paper looks at the integration of people who have been recognised as refugees and granted exceptional leave to remain, or given humanitarian protection. Integration is seen in terms of refugees being empowered to achieve their full potential as part of British society; contributing to the community; and accessing the public services to which they are entitled.

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