Migration data for the Humber What’s available and what does it tell us?

Available data ‘ Easily’ accessible Population trends and migration estimates Migrant workers International students at universities Pupil first language National migration trends Negotiable Local authority level data on A8 workers Asylum seekers and some refugees Locally collected data by individual services

Sources of information and support Introduction to Migration Statistics gives links to: (Inter)national and local datasets Local Government Association guide Commentary on national migration statistics and the net migration target (IPPR) Local Information Systems in the region New JSNA Guide to Migrant Health

Local Migration Profile project Driven by partner agencies struggling to find and use migration data to prepare for migrants in their client groups Flexible design Regular outputs combining available data for each local authority area and subregions Send me everything How many immigrants are there?

What’s unique? Non-specialist audience Compares different sources Change over time and space Compares locality to the regional ‘average’ Regular updates to include new data

Mainstream service applications General migration background for mainstream services (internal briefings, media) Population profiling requirements: JSNA (health), LEA and EIA (LAs) Targeting specific groups: burglary prevention (housing services), engaging with minority communities (police and fire services) Research support: local studies (arts and leisure), choosing research sample sites

Migrant service applications Specific data for migrant services Needs assessments for new services (Red Cross destitution work, Barnardo’s scoping needs of asylum children) Evidence in grant applications (Police) Planning for existing services (languages for translation materials, UKBA LITs) Improving services (asylum dispersal sites, improving LA support for vulnerable groups following inspection)

Current migration trends in the Humber Small decrease in net international migration churn everywhere, increases in Hull / NE Lincs, decreases in East Riding and North Lincs, internal moves Fewer asylum seekers and refugees - in Hull Expanding migrant families especially in Hull and North Lincs Accession migration beginning to stabilise increases in Latvian and Lithuanian arrivals Impact on rural areas dependency on agricultural workers in East Riding?

Gaps in the data Particular migrant groups: Those joining families already here Further education and ESOL learners People with no recourse to public funds People leaving the UK (and by what route) Alternative migration indicators: Local services Registered employers and education providers Local research

What’s coming up in 2011? Less data? Fewer services producing data, localism drive reducing targets and local government reporting requirements Ending of transitional arrangements for A8 countries will end WRS data Net migration target reducing entry to UK across formal routes (work, study, asylum) – possible entry through other routes? New inclusion of pupil data in our profiles

Our role as data users Balancing risk… limited access to sensitive data political sensitivity and gatekeeping how much data should we collect? …and benefit: a more informed ‘debate’ on migration improved data expertise among migrant services bridging the gap between policy, practice, data and research - better services for whole communities