New Scots: refugee integration strategy 2018 to 2022
The New Scots refugee integration strategy sets out an approach to support the vision of a welcoming Scotland.
Footnotes
1 Ager & Strang (2008) Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework; Journal of Refugee Studies (2008) 21 (2): 166-191: https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article/21/2/166/1621262/Understanding-Integration-A-Conceptual-Framework and Ager, A & Strang A (2004) 'Indicators of Integration. Final Report' Home Office Development and Practice Report 28: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/http:/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/dpr28.pdf
3 Ager & Strang (2008) Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework; Journal of Refugee Studies (2008) 21 (2): 166-191: https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article/21/2/166/1621262/Understanding-Integration-A-Conceptual-Framework and Ager, A & Strang A (2004) 'Indicators of Integration. Final Report' Home Office Development and Practice Report 28: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/http:/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/dpr28.pdf
4 See Annex B for more detail on involving refugee and asylum seeker voices in New Scots implementation.
5 Ager & Strang (2008) Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework; Journal of Refugee Studies (2008) 21 (2): 166-191, see:
https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article/21/2/166/1621262/Understanding-Integration-A-Conceptual-Framework and http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/http:/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/dpr28.pdf
6 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/contents
7 http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7511/CBP-7511.pdf
8 www.gov.scot/newscotsfinalreport
10 The programme was expanded in 2017 to include people of other nationalities, who had been displaced by the conflict in Syria.
11 See Annex A for more detail of the engagement process.
12 See Annex B for more detail on the New Scots implementation process.
13 See Context chapter for more information about equality in Scotland.
14 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/556929/IPOL_STU(2016)556929_EN.pdf
15 https://www.equality-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sanctuary-Safety-and-Solidarity.pdf
16 https://www.stonewall.org.uk/resources/no-safe-refuge-2016
17 http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/assets/0000/8499/LGBTI_info_LoRes.pdf
18 See Annex B for more information about New Scots implementation structures, including the Evidence Group.
19 http://www.volunteerscotland.net/
20 http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
21 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx
22 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx
23 http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf
24 http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/charter/index_en.htm
25 http://www.unhcr.org/uk/3b66c2aa10
26 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/5
27 http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms
28 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
29 Established under Chapter 1 of the Equality Act 2010: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/part/11/chapter/1
30 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00517333.pdf
31 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/10/9964
32 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00527488.pdf
33 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00497601.pdf
34 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00528746.pdf
35 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00510948.pdf
36 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00454152.pdf
37 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00493752.pdf
38 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/8/contents
39 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00518587.pdf
40 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/12/contents/enacted
43 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/06/1336
44 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00506074.pdf
45 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8/contents/enacted
46 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright
47 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/contents
48 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/12/contents/enacted
49 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/part/VI
51 https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/file_import/ip033_en_2.pdf
53 https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/languages-for-the-future-report.pdf
54 http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/assets/0001/1142/Full_Integration_Report_June_2016.pdf
55 https://www.apprenticeships.scot/become-an-apprentice/modern-apprenticeships/
59 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00516611.pdf
60 http://www.firstport.org.uk/funding
61 A Claimant Commitment sets out what claimants have agreed to do to prepare for and look for work, or to increase earnings if already working. It will be based on personal circumstances and will be reviewed and updated on an on-going basis. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-your-claimant-commitment-quick-guide/universal-credit-and-your-claimant-commitment
62 http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/340696/0112970.pdf
63 Local authorities, housing associations and housing cooperatives.
64 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00515058.pdf
65 /groups/homelessness-and-rough-sleeping-action-group/
66 Housing associations or housing cooperatives that are registered with the Scottish Housing Regulator.
67 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/6
68 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8
69 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/curriculum
70 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/welfare/ASL
71 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Raisingeducationalattainment
72 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright
74 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00511513.pdf
75 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/339854/0112382.pdf
76 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/339854/0112382.pdf
77 The Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/153/schedule/1/made, The Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/154/schedule/1/made, and The Education (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2011: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/389/contents/made
80 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/175/introduction/made
81 https://www.education.gov.scot/Documents/ESOLStrategy2015to2020.pdf
83 http://www.migrationscotland.org.uk/uploads/17-12-12%20FINAL%20ESOL%20GUIDANCE.pdf
84 https://www.education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/modlang5-learning-in-two-plus-languages.pdf
85 /policies/languages/language-learning/
86 https://education.gov.scot/improvement/modlang12-one-plus-two-approach
87 http://www.healthscotland.scot/publications/human-rights-and-the-right-to-health
88 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00470219.pdf
89 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00451263.pdf
90 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00528139.pdf
91 An Integration Authority is the body that is responsible for planning integrated care, i.e. health and social care. It will decide which integrated services will be provided, how they will be funded and what they should look like. They will direct the NHS Board and local authority to deliver those services. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Policy/Health-Social-Care-Integration
92 https://www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/research-areas/mental-health and http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00469088.pdf – in any one year between 18% and 26% of Scotland's population are affected by mental illness.
93 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00516047.pdf
95 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/9/contents/enacted
96 For example, http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/assets/0000/9691/Peer_Education_Evaluation_Report_FINAL.pdf
97 http://safepassage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Scotland-Refugees-Welcome-Report-27.11.17.pdf
98 Widening The Welcome, Scottish Community Development Centre (forthcoming)
99 http://www.volunteerscotland.org.uk/
100 https://www.befriending.co.uk/
101 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/17002/0023718.pdf
102 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002
103 https://sportscotland.org.uk/
104 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/6/contents/enacted
107 The Integration Forum was established in 2015 as part of Scotland's response to the humanitarian crisis and involves a wide range of partners, primarily from the third sector.
108 See Annex B for more information
109 The Refugee Taskforce was established to lead Scotland's response to the humanitarian crisis in 2015 and concluded its work in 2016.
110 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CAT.aspx
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