Agenda
LGA Asylum and Refugee Task Group |
11.00 - 13.00, 18th June 2009, meeting room 7.1/2 |
Item 1 |
Matters arising from the last meeting
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Minutes attached |
Item 2 |
NRPF `Cost Implications for Local Authorities' Report
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Report, background paper and letter from Lin Homer attached |
Item 3 |
Taskgroup workplan
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Current workplan and new draft workplan attached |
Item 4 |
Post-18 Leaving Care funding for ARE former UASCs
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Background paper attached |
Item 5 |
General Update from UKBA - Gareth Redmond
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Update attached |
Item 6 |
Update on the UASC Reform Programme - Jerry Harland and Simon Bentley, UKBA
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Verbal update will be given at the meeting |
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UKBA review of the Strategic Migration Partnerships - Gareth Redmond
AOB
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Letter from Mathew Coates attached |
Date of the next meeting
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Thursday 1 October 2009
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Meeting room 7.1/2, LGA |
11.00 - 1.00, with lunch until 1.30 |
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LGA Asylum and Refugee Task Group Terms of Reference
The Task Group is made up of regional member representation covering all of the English regions, Wales and Scotland and focuses upon the issues around the asylum, refugee and migration agenda from a local government perspective.
The Task Group meets every quarter and reports to the LGA Community Well-Being Board.
Its aims are to:
Influence and facilitate national and European policy developments and negotiation on behalf of local government.
Provide a clear conduit between national government and local government in the regions on asylum, refugee and migration issues.
Ensure that Government is properly and regularly informed of the implications of its policies on local authorities and to make representations accordingly.
Continue to lobby for sufficient resources to cover local authorities' responsibilities.
Provide a forum for reports from the National Migration Partnerships.
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