1. An Open City: The Role of Migration in Cardiff
Paul Keeping
Head of Diversity
Cardiff Council

2. The City of Cardiff Capital City for Wales Driver of the Welsh economy
Population of 320,000 people
Modern and vibrant European city

5. 1950s Economic Boom

6. 1970s Major Economic Decline

10. Tradition of Openness “New City” – 200 years of growth Netherlands
Ireland
England
Somalia
Norway
Yemen

11. Tradition of Openness “New City” – 200 years of growth Italy Spain
China

12. Tradition of Openness “New City” – 200 years of growth
Indian sub-continent
Caribbean
Japan
Korea

13. Tradition of Openness “New City” – 200 years of growth Africa
Middle East
Phillipines
Kerelan
Eastern Europe

14. Cardiff’s Migrant Population Today
30,000+ born outside the UK
Around 10% of the Cardiff population
111 different nationalities registered for National Insurance purposes
Growing migrant population
The absence of statistics
for planning:
e.g., migrant workers,
Somalis.

15. Cardiff’s Migrant Population Today
Migrant populations are concentrated in what is known in Cardiff as the Great Southern Arc of deprivation. This is centred on the old Cardiff docks and fans out from there to the north and west where the more affluent populations are to be found. Migrant settlement maps closely onto the highest indicators of deprivation in the city.

16. International Division of over 50 staff
3,000 international students at Cardiff University, representing over 100 countries.
International Foundation Programme, a one-year programme to provide the academic and language skills needed for a degree at Cardiff.
International Division of over 50 staff
6000 staff overall, inc 820 international staff from 78 countries.
The University of Wales Institute Cardiff has over 800 international students from 120 different countries. The International Office has two English Language and Study Skills Support Tutors who help with additional language or study skills support for international students.
The International Student Welfare Office provide advice on visas, accommodation and other practices or procedures in the UK.
Cardiff University is one of the major employers in Cardiff with over 6000 staff, and 25,000 students. It and other educational institutions bring skills from around the world into Cardiff and ensure that Cardiff is networked into the global educational context.

17. Migration and Social Cohesion in South-East Wales (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Research in seven ‘communities’ in Cardiff in :
Two “National” communities - Somali and Chinese
Cross-ethnic Arabic speaking communities
A deprived valleys community
Two increasingly diverse but originally white
working class communities
A predominantly middle-class and partially Welsh speaking area
A group of “Administrators” who implement policy, including 4 media professionals

18. Methodology
108 interviews, and 52 focus groups across seven communities/sites.
January August 2006.
Participant observations.
Interviews with community leaders
Focus groups with community members.
8 researchers, three speaking community languages

19. the legal status of new immigrants;
national and local media representations of immigration, asylum and migrant workers;
the legal status of new immigrants;
the success of local agencies and groups in mediating between established and incoming populations. This is true in both deprived and middle class areas.
What follows this slide is a series of research findings which question the policy context with which we began - and which also question the new focus - since 2004/5 on ‘community’ or ‘’social cohesion’ - at the expense of dealing with the economic issues which actually underpin people’s ability to belong in new places.

20. Findings: Work and Acceptance
There is a strong connection between community acceptance of new migrants and the ability of those migrants to work.
E.g., the way diverse groups live and work side by side in relatively deprived areas.
In the more deprived areas of Cardiff all new migrants tend to be identified as ‘asylum seekers’ but are accepted once known to be ‘migrant workers’.
The acceptance of Chinese restaurant staff in middle class Llandaff because they work.
This is an important finding because of the UK level policy on asylum which does not allow asylum seekers to work.

21. Recognising the Role of Social Class
Middle class ethnic community leaders and members with a level of education and experience which allows them to mix and negotiate with middle class ‘administrators’ make a huge, unrecognised, contribution to the local and national economy in their support of new migrants.
The same can be said of middle class ‘host’‘administrators’ and community members who work toward inclusion.

22. Lack of Communication
There is evidence of a lack of communication between those who try to support incomers and the grassroots.
Examples include the perceptions and realities of the Communities First Agenda in STAR, or misunderstandings about council initiatives to support Portugese migrant workers in Merthyr
In STAR no-one seemed to know the communities First agenda existed.
In Merthyr - the example of the council workers - lots of good practice - but the Portugese migrant workers did not know they had a ‘community champion’ . Th IT/ESOL service in the local library for the Portugese - upset the locals who believed the Portugese had invaded their space.

23. Approach to Governance and Diversity
Community Strategy Vision:
“To ensure that Cardiff is a world class European capital city with an exceptional “quality of life” and at the heart of a competitive city region.”

24. Mainstreaming Equality and Diversity
Seven Equality Strands
Age
Disability
Gender
Language
Race
Religious Belief
Sexual Orientation

25. Mainstreaming into existing structures
Key Initiatives
Generic Approach
Impact Assessment
Involvement
Equality Monitoring
Accessible Communication
Training
Mainstreaming into existing structures

26. Specific projects to support migrants
Casework
Employment Advice Centre
Banking sessions
Information Days for Migrant Workers and Refugees
English for work and services
Health workshops for women
Welsh Heritage and culture, integration and cohesion
Central and Eastern European Association of Cardiff
Application filling facility
Multi-Agency Migrants Seminar
Welcome to Cardiff pack for migrants and refugees
Diversity Forum
Employment Initiatives
Further Research