Dr Martyn Hudson

AGENDA Introducing the UK History of Migration in the North East of the UK Challenges of integration Preventing Violent Extremism Volunteering as enfranchisement Conclusions: Our Shared Future

Introducing the UK Introducing the UK Migration waves in Britain Migration waves in the North East The Hidden History of refuge The Hybridity of UK Culture Refuge since the 1970s Multiculturalism and its discontents Political Islam & Islamophobic Supremacism Extremism and the future The North of England Refugee Service

History of Migration in the North East History of Migration in the North East Conquest, Migration and history Refuge and asylum since the 1970s Dispersal and refuge since 1999 The Challenge of new communities Vietnam Bosnia Iraq Somalia Iran Zimbabwe Afghanistan

Challenges of Integration The problem of host communities The problem of new communities Language, faith, dress, laws Integration is a two-way process Integration not assimilation Replacing monolithic identities Creating a new community from below Against the Rosengard model

Preventing Violent Extremism Monolithic Extremist identities and disenfranchisement Universal human values and the struggle against relativism Dialogue and the dismantling of extremist narratives Constructing networks of solidarity and respect

Volunteering as enfranchisement 1: Theory The work status of refugees in the UK Engaging refugees in meaningful work Constructing empathy against indifference Creating meaningful relationships Giving a stakehold to marginalized voices Bringing extremist stories together Making a future of work and commitment Constructing solidarity

Volunteering as enfranchisement 2: Practice Inductions and the volunteering culture English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Respect, expectations of conduct, and work Participation and the design of projects Campaigns work and groupwork Outcomes for refugees – Status or deportation Rendering Refugees Visible in communities Value for the organisation in refugee work

Conclusions: Our Shared Future Thinking through the future we need Overcoming Separatism and the Gates of Vienna Political pluralism and refugee citizenship Reasserting a new vision of Englishness Using volunteering to support individual and social Capital in North East communities From indifference and genocide to a diverse European society of solidarity

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