ICAR Annual Report 2008 / 2009

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ICAR Annual Report 2008 / 2009Main AchievementsResearch and ConsultancyPublished and disseminated final research report for the Refugee Rights andResponsibilities projectCompleted commissioned research on Supporting Disabled Refugees and AsylumSeekers: Opportunities for New Approaches, launching to 100 policy makers andpractitioners at City Hall, LondonCompleted consultancy project for the Media Trust to assess the information needsof small community based refugee and migrant organisationsBegan research on the cost of good quality legal advice to asylum seekers incollaboration with colleagues from City University Law School and Economicsdepartment, commissioned by Refugee and Migrant JusticeBegan research examining financial exclusion of new migrants in Northern Ireland incollaboration with Citizens Advice BelfastEstablished Migration and Asylum Research at ICAR, an income generating researchand consultancy arm aimed at bringing in new income to fund ICAR’s publicinformation work and research activities.Information WorkRe-launched the ICAR website with improved design, architecture and searchfunctionsWrote 2 statistical analysis papers on asylum applications and the decision-makingand appeals processRevamped the popular ‘Asylum Update’ weekly bulletin, listing latest developments inresearch, policy and law, events and news, producing 56 weekly editionsAdded or updated 7 cities as part of the Mapping the UK project (Leicester,Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Southampton, Leicester and Cardiff)Published 2 online briefings: Disabled Asylum Seekers and Refugees and RefugeeResettlementAdded 190 new entries to the Research DirectoryPublished a bi-monthly ICAR newsletter to increased subscribers of over 1000Completed online User SurveyHosted inaugural Information Providers Forum for UK migration sector informationworkersResponded to around 350 enquiries through the ‘Ask ICAR’ service, providingevidence and information to the media, voluntary and statutory sector serviceproviders, students and the general publicSupported four internshipsAdded new summaries to the Researching Asylum in London database and websiteand added asylum statistics in new London Statistics section.Sent RAL subscribers bi-monthly research updates6
ICAR Annual Report 2008 / 2009ImpactMediaReferenced and/or quoted: BBC Online, Disability Now, Medical News Today, the MorningStar, The MidEast News Source, TNT magazine, Immigration Advisory Service AnnualConference Opening Address;Assisted the BBC’s Panorama programme and Germany’s Die Welt newspaper in providingevidence for news items;ICAR Director interviewed by BBC for series on refugee diaspora in the UK;ICAR Director interviewed by TNT magazine for article on migration impact on the UK.ResearchICAR’s research report, Supporting disabled refugees and asylum seekers: opportunities fornew approaches launched to an audience of over 100 stakeholders from statutory andvoluntary sectors at London’s City Hall, introduced by the Deputy Mayor of London.Received considerable press interest including mentions in Disability Now and Medical NewsToday and recommendations directly led to recent training events for London healthprofessionals on the needs of this group;Research project on financial inclusion in NorthernIreland launched at Stormont and endorsed byBelfast MLAs and the Deputy Mayor of Belfast withpresentation from ICAR Director (pictured).Seminars and PresentationsStrengthening the Voice of Refugee CommunityOrganisations was presented to RefugeeCommunity Organisations and refugee supportorganisations at a findings seminar;ICAR’s Director made a keynote presentation in Manchester for local service providers onICAR’s disability research;Researching Asylum in London project was presented to information workers at a LondonVoluntary Service Council seminar.„Thank you for your extremely comprehensive reply and for your very helpful suggestions ofwhere I can turn to for further information. (Law Centre Northern Ireland)“Thanks very much for all your help and the help of ICAR's stupendous research staff on this”(BBC Journalist)7
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