 Good morning everybody and welcome to this second day of the International Dialogue on Migration, entitled Understanding Migrant Vulnerabilities, a solution-based approach towards a global compact that reduces vulnerabilities and empowers migrants. Our topic this morning is for panel four, integration and social inclusion as a means of addressing and mitigating migrant vulnerabilities, and we will have from now until 1130. Let me start first of all by saying a few words and also introducing myself. I'm Anastasia Crickley, I'm Chairperson of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, one of the treaty bodies of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which we monitor and which 178 of the states, most of whom I think in this room have already ratified and report under. I would like at the outset to congratulate all who have been involved in putting together this dialogue and particularly to acknowledge the role of IOM. Indeed, as Bill Swing said yesterday morning, international law is a solid basis and a solid starting point for the discussions and for the dialogue, because this is an opportunity for an open dialogue and exchange at a staging post really in the development of the complex. And I believe that it can and should touch everybody. But what we have now, and what indeed Bill Swing also said yesterday morning is, we have a historic opportunity to amplify the practice issues, to amplify and articulate the issues in practice in implementing and creating the conditions where not just humane but also rights-based approaches can be adopted. We have an opportunity to, and indeed I welcomed the way in which a number of people yesterday attempted this, to reshape the narrative, to reshape the narrative in a way that's based on data, based on the realities of what actually happens, based on our understanding of what's involved and based also on the contribution of people referred to as migrants. We have an opportunity to propose simple steps that can link that reality with both a humane and rights-based approach. Simple steps but not simplistic reactions, I would suggest, and I think sometimes we confuse simple steps with simplistic reactions, because simple steps also acknowledge the complexities as many of you did yesterday, and also acknowledge the link between the humane management of migration, which is an absolute essential, and it's underpinning with the human rights commitments that you have made, so that you can come in the end, as was articulated yesterday, to a comprehensive, coherent, and monitored approach. The work of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is grounded in such practical steps, linking law to local. I would like here to welcome the New York Declaration's acknowledgement of racism and racial discrimination as key barriers for the global compact, and I would also like to acknowledge very explicitly the way in which the New York Declaration articulates a human rights framework as an essential starting point for the compact and for its negotiation. Indeed, this is something that all of the treaty bodies see as very important. Speaking for myself, as someone who has been a migrant working in the UK with Irish migrants throughout the 1970s, which if some of you are old enough to recall, might not have been the easiest time to be an Irish migrant in the UK, or working with Irish migrants in the UK, and having a long-term commitment to issues of migration and to how we manage them and make them appropriately rights-based, I think this workshop is a really, this session of the workshop is a really important one. I'm very conscious as an Irish person of the way in which in the countries we come from, we move from being migrant countries, countries which send migrants, to being countries which host migrants, to being a combination of the two, and the way in which those dynamics play out, both at an individual and a collective level as we consider those issues. This also of the language and the way in which we talk about things, the term integration and what it's come to mean, and I know that this is what all of my colleagues on the panel will be discussing with you this morning. Are we really talking about what we used to call assimilation, or are we actually talking about an accommodation that creates the conditions for social justice and the realities of a changing, globalised world, and what do we mean by inclusion? Do we mean welcoming people in to our reality, which continues to put our fears against their rights and their contribution, or do we actually mean acknowledging that in each and every area where we are based, and in each and every community we come from, that there is no such thing as a we that does not also include people from a global reality? And can we also get beyond those simplistic strategies as I have already spoken to? Let me say then I think that historic opportunity which we began to grapple with yesterday, as we move forward to today, it provides us also with the chance to consider that language and to get beyond things like pity which lead to patronisation and prejudice. You had a lot of discussion yesterday also about a holistic approach and a rights-based approach and they need to think carefully when we talk about vulnerability and vulnerableisation. When we talk about these things in individual as opposed to structural terms and when we talk about them in ways that can sometimes blame those we consider to be vulnerable. I would also ask you, and as I look forward this morning to a rigorous discussion, can I ask us also to think a little bit about what we mean by a solution-based approach? What solution? For who and in whose interests? I look forward to that discussion this morning. I think this is, as I said, a unique opportunity to build on that solid start that was made yesterday and to your contributions. I've invited the panel to speak for no more than eight minutes and I look forward to lots of contributions from all of you here asking you again to keep them short. So without further ado I would like to introduce the first member of the panel this morning. Marina del Parle is Secretary-General of Immigration and Demigration at the Ministry of Employment and Social Security of Spain since 2012. She was previously the General Counsel of the Pharmacutal Company Sanofi and she worked as a legal advisor of the NGO CP which the main function of which is the integration of Latin American immigrants in Spain. Marina the floor is yours you have already explained to me that you will need to leave early so I am just letting the rest of our colleagues this morning know that. Over to Paulette, thank you. Thank you all very much, thank you Anastasia. For this introduction that has been perfect and that allows us to treat directly the questions that have been raised on this panel. I would like to thank OIM for giving us the opportunity to express all the policies that we make from the governments for the matter of integration and I would of course like to greet all the members of this panel. Answering the first question, how can the integration and social inclusion of the migrants in the Cogira society be fostered? I would like to start with a premise that seems very relevant to me and is that we should consider the migrations not as a problem because today with all the environment, the world context that we are living in, we tend to consider it a problem and it is not a problem. Migrations are not a problem, they are an opportunity and this is the premise that I want to sit and on the basis of that premise I want to talk about the rest of my intervention. To achieve the full and effective inclusion of the immigrants in the Cogira society, its full autonomy, we have to promote precisely that concept of that the migration is an opportunity because only then will the enrichment that really produces with its contribution to the society from an economic and cultural point of view, but not all foreigners find facilities when it comes to a foreign land. The truth is that it finds administrative barriers, idiomatic barriers, cultural barriers and social barriers, economic barriers, educational barriers, labor barriers and all that contributes, among other things, only a few have been numbered, contributes to being at a risk of social exclusion. We must from the public powers to address policies so that this does not occur and we do it at least in the case of Spain, we address it from those two points of view. We consider when we establish the public policies directed to all the citizenship, we already have in mind that there is part of that citizenship that is not national and that is going to find those barriers, but we give them the same treatment on the basis of equality to all the nationalities. That is very important because in matters, for example, of employment or health, is what makes the difference and what helps its integration in society and, consequently, contributes to social cohesion. On the other hand, we also have specific measures directed to immigrants, this is, in an individualized way, and that tend to save other types of barriers, such as linguistic barriers or how the family situation, favoring the family reunification, which obviously contributes decisively to the process of integration or access to children's education, sometimes trying and directing specific programs so that they know the value of children's schoolization, that education is a right of the child and not only an obligation of public powers and parents, which is a right of the child, and only so that that child can participate in the educational process of the country and integrate in an absolute way in society, which will also be a fundamental vector for the rest of the family to accompany that child, that child in the process of integration that will benefit the whole family. As for adults, each case deserves a special attention, but it is very important to communicate the common values of democratic societies and our living standards, those living standards that we have given ourselves in our societies, so that we promote tolerance, equality, opportunities, all that allows the full integration of the migrant people and, consequently, the social cohesion. Without a doubt, the acquisition of communication skills in the language, the customs of the country, are fundamental tasks in that process of integration, because it will facilitate access to the possibilities that society provides to welcome. However, speaking of adults, integration, the fundamental element is employment, access to the labor market. We must insist a lot on the recognition of the qualifications and of the skills that we have set up. In this last case, I would love to stay to discuss more, but it really is very important that the recognition of skills that are not set up, that do not respond only to the titulations of a specific educational system. Another key aspect, of course, is access to the health system. What is important is that the knowledge and respect of the norms of coexistence of the cohesion society, is a good part of the success of integration. Therefore, it is important to provide the newly arrived instruments to know and accept these norms, because only if these happen, if they are known and accepted, they will continue to be common norms to all, and that will obviously favor coexistence. And what paper can the private sector in the fortification of the social cohesion and promotion of diversity do? Well, in reality, not only the public powers contribute to the integration of the society, and it is fundamental the role of the civil society, of the academy and of private organizations. The labor market, along with the educational system, I have said that they configure the main mechanism of integration in the cohesion society. This makes companies play a fundamental role as motors of the economy, as motors, employees. How do they do it? Well, I point out three aspects. In the field of sensitization, the start of projects of mutual knowledge and evaluation of diversity in the field of the company is fundamental. This is something that has very assumed large companies in their departments, of human resources, but we must also support, from public administrations, those other smaller companies so that they can establish these spaces of mutual knowledge and evaluation of diversity. Let's not forget that cultural diversity is an intangible heritage of humanity, and so we must know how to transmit it. In the field of formation, companies also have an obligation, not only in the field of their good government, but also for their corporate social responsibility to promote that all the workers of the companies, also the foreigners, can access the formation in the conditions of equality, eliminating obstacles that the immigrant person may have. And in the field of distributive policy and ascents, we are also emphasizing that indirectly or indirectly, they are applying crystal roofs. In Spain, we have an observatory in the Secretary General of Immigration. We have a observatory called Observatory Español de Racismo y la xenofobia, and from this observatory we have promoted specific programs aimed at promoting the benefits of cultural diversity in the companies. We have two specific guides that I will put at your disposal, for everyone who is interested and that coincide in the diagnosis that the European Commission did in a study. In the organizations, the cultural diversity, the introduction of the cultural diversity, contributes to the strengthening of the values of the organization, to the creation of a better image of the company towards the outside, to the improvement of the capacity to attract and retain talent, and we will not forget that today we are in a world competition practically in the attraction and retention of talent. It also contributes to the increase of the motivation and efficiency of the employees, and to the increase of the ability to innovate and creativity, because we have different people from different cultures that teach us different ways of doing things, and that again means an enrichment, and therefore an increase in productivity, which is what all companies are looking for. What is the role of the local authorities and the responsibilities of urban planning? Well, the role of the local authorities is fundamental, because they are the ones who provide the most approximate general services to the citizens, and therefore also to foreign people, and they probably need a reinforcement in a way that they can articulate and configure services for the management of the diversity and if it is necessary, giving them tools of accompaniment and mediation. In Spain, for example, the autonomous and local administrations are the ones in charge of education and health. Imagine how important it is that they have this role. The cooperation with civil society, as I mentioned before, becomes especially necessary to provide access to immigrants to these general services. It is good that, from public administrations, associationism is promoted, that foreign people find their own social network that they do not naturally have in the welcome society. By constituting associations, they can replace that social network. And the same goes for the housing policy, which also belongs in Spain to the competition of the regions and local authorities. And answering the second part of the question, which is how urban planning can be planned, how it should be done, we consider that it should not be distributed and dispersed to foreign people so that they do not believe in ghettos, that they are not all in the same neighborhood or in the same city. I finish, because they ask me to finish, how to achieve a change in the discourse and the negative public perception about the migrant population, precisely with these policies against racism and xenophobia. And we recommend that it be done very early in school. And we have specific programmes, also in Spain that we have set out, specifically the Frida project and we also put at the disposal that the goal is to form and sensitize the teachers responsible for the educational centers and educational communities, fundamental materials such as human rights and the prevention and detection of racism, xenophobia and others with exact tolerance. And above all, I want to insist, in the paper that plays the means of communication as creators and vehicles of opinion, its implication and the assumption of conduct codes is fundamental, transcendental, because they have to keep a neutral, objective and plural criteria to avoid the association between immigration and reprobable or delictive conducts. I congratulate that in Spain, precisely to carry out these policies, I consider that we do not have those problems of intolerance that are being put in the manifesto in our countries. Thank you very much. We thank the UIM the facilities that it has given us to find ourselves here. Likewise, the kind presentation of Anastasia and I ask for the understanding of the body of translators for the cadence that I should print to my intervention to find myself in the assigned times. I am pleased to intervene in the representation of Ecuador in this new phase of the international dialogue on immigration to participate in a reflection and a constructive debate with the actors and the interested parts about the opportunities and the challenges of the migratory act. Since the IDM with the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UIM in 2001 until the one that preceded this, celebrated the 18th and 19th of April, Ecuador has manifested its broad opening to these processes that contribute to the subsequent adoption of immigration policies with a focus based on human rights and development. A special relevance in the formulation of immigration policies in Ecuador is not based exclusively on economic growth but on the good living or summa causa and in the constitution I have incorporated in the planning processes local, national and foreign policy. For Ecuador the development and human rights are the fundamental elements of a migratory policy and dimensionality of the migratory act, its opportunities and challenges among these, the vulnerabilities of the migrants originating from structural deficiencies and the nature of the social groups and humans that promote the migratory act in more and more complex environments and even hostile characterized by exclusion instead of inclusion and discrimination of the integration. However, the international community has valuable insumes without a doubt that provide substantial elements for the purpose of this meeting. In particular, they must take into account the contribution of the diasporas to attend meetings between the states and societies. The importance of communication and dissemination for the elaboration and implementation of policies that promote their participation the development of a proper environment in the countries of origin and the destination to increase that potential of participation as well as the relevance of the strategic associations between the countries, international organizations, civil society and the private sector with the aim of creating a framework of the participation of the same. In addition, it must be considered the role of the diaspora of crisis and after these including the global challenges faced by the current unprecedented human mobility in which the causes and consequences of irregular migration are closely linked to the agudization of the vulnerabilities to merit pragmatic responses without leaving aside the principles and unneeded focus such as human rights and development. In the same way, the declaration of the dialogue of high level on migration and development the Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible and the Declaration de Nueva York for Refugees and Migrants marks enormous transcendence. From this perspective, we draw your attention to the content of the Parable 29 of the Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible. In this same instrument the objective is adopted 10.7 through which the State promises us to facilitate the migration and mobility organized, safe, regular things through the application of planned and well-managed immigration policies. However, we can identify around 20 additional goals directly related to migrations distinguished delegations. In the first alert that preceded this Ecuador has voiced some of the priorities especially the importance of reaching an integral government focus on immigration under the different national and local perspectives highlighting the need to build an exclusive agenda on human mobility and that this will be articulated with the goals of the Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible 2030. The challenge set by Ecuador is that the cultural, social and economic contribution of the migrants and refugees in the destiny societies thus contributing to the creation of more bridges and less walls. The world impact for a safe, regular and organized migration to be adopted next year will be possible through the international integration with the objective of achieving a concrete commitment that guarantees the protection and promotion of human rights of the migrants with emphasis on the rights of women and children as well as inclusion, integration, recovery and strengthening of their capacities in the countries of origin, transit and destiny. In the Seguro Fórum Mundial sobre Migración y Desarrollo uno de los dejes centrales de los debates fue la responsabilidad compartida que merece ser invocada una vez más para recordar a la comunidad internacional que es impostergable tomar medidas concertadas y conjuntas con el propósito de garantizar los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes, en particular las mujeres y los niños y niñas con coyuntura en la que constatamos asimetrías en la gobernanza migratoria. En el marco de Libre de M2009 se sostuvo que cuando se aborda la cuestión de derechos humanos se hace patente la naturaleza profundamente humana de la migración que va en contra de la tendencia considerar a los migrantes como mercancías y a evaluarlos simplemente en términos de su contribución económica a los países de origen y de destina. Y a la fecha este enfoque político conceptual no ha perdido vigencia. La protección de los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes debe ser un elemento fundamental de la gestión efectiva de la migración y una condición sin ecuanón para que el hecho migratorio beneficie a las sociedades y a las personas migrantes. En este contexto un especial esfuerzo requerirá mitigar las vulnerabilidades que pueden originar la exclusión y marginación de las personas migrantes con la consiguiente vulneración y para ello el ecuador considera que los actores claves incluyen a las comunidades locales en especial en los gobiernos autónomos descentralizados que bajo la legislación ecuatoriana contribuyen a eliminar las inequidades territoriales y por supuesto las organizaciones de los migrantes, la diáspora, los gobiernos y el sector privado nuestros principios constitucionales de ciudadanía universal libre movilidad y el fin progresivo de la condición de extranjero son planteamientos mediante los cuales enfrentamos las inequidades y las violaciones de los derechos humanos incluidos los derechos económicos sociales, culturales y ambientales la integración e inclusión social de las personas migrantes debe formar parte de un proceso de doble vía entre las sociedades de acogida y las personas migrantes por lo que el fomento de programas de integración en los que se destaque la valoración de la diversidad respecto a los valores y las normas vigentes de los países de acogida desempeñan un papel fundamental los programas de integración además deben considerar las necesidades diferenciadas de las personas migrantes género y edad entre otras y las realidades de las comunidades de acogida las dimensiones económica jurídica, social, cultural y religiosa de la integración también son otro elemento fundamental que debe tomarse como referencia a la hora de formular las políticas migratorias y un aspecto de significativa relevancia constituye sin duda el diseño implementación de políticas, planes y programas destinados a acoger a la migración de retorno sobre la cual el ecuador tiene valiosas experiencias a compartir en especial en el fomento de proyectos empresariales y emprendimientos generadores de empleos dignos desde esta perspectiva el ecuador sostiene como política que ningún ser humano es considerado ilegal ni discriminado por su condición migratoria, reconocemos que las personas tienen el derecho a migrar y a las personas en situación de movilidad humana como sujetos de derechos valoramos el papel del sector privado una dinámica migratoria en particular en el fomento de la acción social y los procesos de integración el sector privado tiene la obligación de respetar los derechos de las personas migrantes y las normas laborales vigentes y deben comprometerse a fomentar y aplicar prácticas no discriminatorias es fundamental fomentar la igualdad en el mercado laboral el ecuador como estado parte de los más importantes tratados de derechos humanos ha armonizado su legislación nacional con los estándares internacionales y acaba de aprobar una nueva ley orgánica de movilidad humana en la que se garantiza la igualdad de derechos y deberes a los ecuatorianos y migrantes en el territorio nacional y con la cual se eleva normativa las políticas públicas de la constitución de la república que estimo es un referente mundial en el enfoque de los derechos humanos y dar la naturaleza de igual manera su artículo 167 consigna que todas las entidades del sector público de todos los niveles de gobierno incluirán el enfoque de movilidad humana en las políticas planes, programas proyectos y servicios un mandato inobjetable estamos conscientes por cierto que los marcos de gobernanza de la migración se encuentran rezagados ante la dinámica y los desafíos actuales del hecho migratorio sin embargo el pacto mundial para una migración segura, regular y ordenada nos ofrece un momento histórico y doño para re-diseñar la gobernanza migratoria mundial basada en principios y políticas de inclusión e igualdad de derechos cuyos ejes deben ser la no criminalización de las personas migrantes, la valoración de los aportes positivos de las personas migrantes en los países de origen y destino y la prevención y abordaje de la xenogobia y otras formas de intolerancia y discriminación muchas gracias señoras y señores para la participación y la cooperación en la contribución en el desarrollo sostenible de la Asia Central de Cata la organización es un partner de IEM en Cata-Stan y hicimos un report called Migración, Vulnerabilidades y Integración Needs en la Asia Central hoy terminamos la segunda fase de reportes, así que me gustaría compartir con ustedes algunos briefs un poco sobre la Asia Central y por qué pasa la región es muy pequeña political and geo-economical impact into development of Eurasia and migration plays very sensitive and significant role in current sustainability of the region just some figures, Central Asia's population is about 67 millions of people and about 10-11 millions of them must annually live on homes to seek for jobs and earn for living or money for living overseas this critical factor for sustainability and development of the region 11 millions almost fifth part of the region are on the move these people go to Russia, Turkey South Korea, United Emirates and EDC the migrant system tells a vulnerable due to current economic dynamic in some of recipient countries around Central Asia and certain status itself of them so there is a direct strong link between radicalization and migration especially when basic rights and needs are provided a number of Central Asian migrants due to their vulnerabilities and illegal status sometimes happen the potential participants in the world known extremist and radical movements and foreign fighters in military conflicts for example there are traces in Syria and Afghanistan it's very important issue for my country being a recipient of these migration flows due to progressive economic development we became recipient of labor migration from Central Asia as it really can affect our sustainability and security that's why we need to we face the need to integrate these people into our society that's why Kazakhstan in partnership with IOM several years ago launched Almati process that's helped us to solve issues in regional migration according to agenda we have today on IMD I would like just briefly to say some practices and results of our policy and cooperation the first recognition of migration on policy level with certain strategic programming of public administration and legislation support is significant and other part of it partner network to build social infrastructure for migrants integration it allows to give migrants understanding that they are welcomed and there are some certain options for their legal stay and activity in recipient country it decreases a set of options for illegal manipulations with groups or corrupted officials it helps correctly to involve NGOs and ethnic diasporas in regulation of migration decrease challenges and receive bigger economic effect the second our findings show that for migrants who know local languages and have ethnic diasporas in Kazakhstan are better adaptable and easier integrated in local societies language can help to use professional skills and find better jobs and service areas where communication is needed diasporas can assist to find job and solve issues with documents or communicate with employers or local authorities that's why Kazakhstan became very attractive for people from our neighborhood from Central Asia because we don't have language culture religion issues our government with IAM closely work together with ethnic diasporas as with partners who can help to facilitate migration issues and softly integrate newcomers third to control national regional territorial distribution and concentration of labor force among the regions in the country of origin it helps to use migration as a real tool of economic development according to the needs of certain region planning helps to over concentration of migrants in certain regions and to work conflicts with local and local markets that's why Kazakhstan does today using IAM's data we try to relocate migrants for thousands of north and west regions those less populated and need more work in hands new concept of migration policy planning requirements for government and local authorities we need to provide clear and open process starting from the country of origin on information level the embassies and IAM missions in the countries of origin should provide the information about the first preparations and steps from crossing the border to registration as taxpayer and meeting with employer before crossing the border potential migrants must know all rights in recipient country and no must do steps on arrival trainings for governmental agencies local authorities are very important to provide understanding professional skills to operate the migration processes that's why we try to do that's what we try to do today in Kazakhstan in cooperation with IAM thieves I would like to underline the role of proper informational coverage of migration in mass media and the image they create for migrants mostly only the professionals know about the impact of labor migrants in national economy in common the public doesn't have a real picture about migration in Kazakhstan IAM offers regular launch competitions among the journalists for the best publication on positive effect of migration it covers unknown issues about migrants and motivates media community to pay attention to the phenomena thus Kazakhstan welcomes IAM activity we see real social results and positive policy impact in addition this year Kazakhstan granted a certain sum of money to IAMs activity to continue research findings on migrants vulnerabilities and rights so one more time thank you to IAM I'd like to start off by thanking the IOM I'd also like to thank the honour delegates and the distinguished panellists today is a particular honour for me because as has already been mentioned I arrived in the UK age two as a refugee from Somalia with my father and I feel that the issues that we're discussing today are perhaps relevant to me as a politician but then they're also very relevant to me as a person so without further ado I'd like to kick off to the second slide now I'm sure you're all aware of Brexit and Britain's decision to leave the European Union fortunately Bristol was one of the cities that voted to remain within the European Union the vote leave the vote leave result in Bristol was only 38% so the majority of people in Bristol to the tune of 61.7% of Bristolians voted to remain within the European Union Bristol is the largest city outside within the south west region with 450,000 people living there at least 45 religions are practised 187 countries represented by birth and a staggering 91 main languages spoken in the city of Bristol Bristol has a relatively young age profile with more children aged between 0 and 15 as compared to people over the age of 65 international immigration peaked in the city of Bristol in 2004 and 2005 births are actually now the main driver of population growth migrants are concentrated within the inner city wards and I don't know if you have this slide but I represent the ward of Lawrence hill which is situated within the inner city of Bristol until very recently I represented 20,000 people the ward was actually redrawn and I now represent just over 10,000 people so that gives you an idea of the sort of inequality that people from backgrounds may face when it comes to where in the city they actually live as I've said we have a lot of people living in Bristol who are not originally from the UK the following slide gives you an indication of where those people come from with some of our highest diaspora communities coming from Poland, Somalia, India, Jamaica, Pakistan Germany, China France, the USA Italy, Nigeria and Spain in terms of prosperity it's no secret that Bristol is one of the most successful cities in Europe in attracting inward investment we also have the second highest number of business start ups in the entire country we have a staggering 71% employment as opposed to 7% unemployment we are globally recognised as having clusters of aerospace I'm sure you're all aware of the long and proud history that Bristol has with Concord we also have Airbus stationed in the city of Bristol we also have high tech creative digital economies as well as low carbon technologies, financial and professional services economic inclusion the University of the west of England which is situated in Bristol did a study recently and highlighted the key areas of improvement for the city of Bristol being around the need to work seek investment to work with employers and also tackle barriers to the labour market not just for the migrant populations but also for those members of the host community who perhaps didn't have the educational opportunities when they were younger vulnerable groups this gives you an idea of what Bristol is what the sort of situation that Bristol is facing with regards to migrants or refugees or peoples from other countries we have 800 asylum seekers in Bristol we have 250 refugees each year we have a hundred people at the moment on the Syrian resettlement scheme I personally believe that the UK ought to have more than that and my political party the Labour Party is too of that opinion but at the moment we have a hundred people on the resettlement scheme we have 71 unaccompanied asylum seeking children also in the city of Bristol 30% of women using refugee women of Bristol drop-in which is a service funded by the local council but delivered by voluntary sector organisations live in the UK for five years or more are still in need of further assistance at least 663 non-UK rough sleepers are in Bristol in terms of health I heard it mentioned here yesterday that access to health is of a particular concern for people from migrant backgrounds I was particularly touched by the statement made which explained how vulnerable migrant female migrants when they are pregnant are unable or perhaps unwilling to seek the medical services in the host countries in the form that they are provided in in Bristol we have come up with a very unique, tailored and special way to ensure that members of the migrant communities are able to access that support the Haven Health Clinic is a special clinic run by GP's nurses who offer a service adjusted to better meet the needs of asylum seekers and refugees joining their families and unaccompanied asylum seekers and children as well as victims of human violence in the response we are so lucky in the city of Bristol to have a population which is both determined and able to assist those from other countries who find themselves in Bristol we have four drop in refugee welcome centres one for women only two hot lunch homeless centres which are funded by the EU 100 units of accommodation for new refugees the first one in the house holds give a room to destitute asylum seekers on a long term basis 150 offer a room on a short term basis there is a free shop for refugees this basically comprises of Bristolians putting together products which are still very usable but perhaps they don't need them anymore trafficking victims, male safe house and women only safe house in Bristol each year at college studying English as another language as well as 80 community English classes each week and I really want to stress the importance of having community based provision for adults to ensure that actually the ESOL English does an additional language provision doesn't happen in some of the more formal context such as colleges which may well be intimidating to people but they actually happen where people live in a friendly and accessible environment. To continue with the sort of voluntary support that we give here at Arrange I won't read them all out but the sort of thing we provide our advocacy so we have students from the University of Bristol coming along to ensure that actually migrants who don't have access to lawyers have access to lawyers and ensure that they have advocacy at their service cross cultural understanding very important reading practice health checks very important to ensure that people are able to seek out those employment opportunities as well as educational opportunities we have a free barber service because of course the way you look is all part and parcel of your confidence and we're absolutely making sure that we're able to cater to the needs of migrants from the very specific things such as personal appearance but also in terms of long term aspirations with qualifications in the UK but perhaps those qualifications aren't translated over we're ensuring that we're giving those people the support to be able to continue their life here Promoting inclusion we're very proud to have been given the city of sanctuary status in 2011 we are still a city of sanctuary and that is something that we're very proud of 2015 the Rockefeller Resilience City award 2016 we did some research into supporting the needs of economic migrants that work is ongoing 2017 inclusive cities 2017 welcoming asylum seekers and refugees needs assessment strategy and action plan that work is currently underway the sorts of projects that we funded in 2017 include vision values Bristol Esau for Living Together project employment navigator for migrants rough sleeping and returning home as well as specialist leader in education for early years to ensure that children coming to Bristol are able to get that support right at the very very beginning last but not least measuring inclusion in an annual quality of life survey the respondents who agreed from different backgrounds get on well together has risen from 58% in 2010 to 63% in 2015 I say all of this to say that we have people of migrant economic migrant backgrounds in Bristol we also have people who are refugee backgrounds in Bristol the reason we've been able to make a success of the the challenges that we face is because we have an able population which is willing to open the doors which is willing to ensure that the city of Bristol remains a global international city which is opening its doors to put it simply we understand the economic benefit of having migrants in our workforce we understand the cultural benefit of having migrants as part of our population in the city of Bristol what we're here to do today is ensure that the city of Bristol remains on all of your agendas irrespective of brexit we are an opportunity to look forward to working with you all much more closely thank you thank you very much for the introduction and thank you to the IOM for this incredible honor of being here as mentioned I'm a documentary filmmaker in the United States making films about sustainable food around the world traveling to Ethiopia and Mexico China and Sri Lanka to tell the stories behind where our food comes from I was all set to continue that tumultuous election year in the United States and saw a lot of change or at least a broad certain attitudes coming to light around migrants particularly Mexican undocumented people in the United States and Muslim migrants and it was very concerning I was surprised and shocked by how I had such positive experiences with migrants in the United States including my neighbors while there was a whole part of society that was that felt differently and where we were seeing a dramatic rise in hate crimes and in language that was xenophobic as a citizen and a filmmaker and a neighbor I was left wondering what I could do about it and I began to look into how this kind of thing happened and I stumbled upon an article in the Wall Street Journal that showed the liberals in the United States and the results of it are shocking we're receiving two completely different sets of news that don't even start in the same place so how can we have a dialogue in the United States if we're not receiving the same set of news one side being overwhelmingly negative narratives about migrants and at the same time as this was happening I was experimenting with Facebook marketing of my own videos about food and having a lot of success with reaching different groups of people so I began to wonder what I could do about the situation in the U.S. and how I could get stories out because I knew that stories have an incredible power of bringing people and connecting people in a way that with people that they don't know and so I came up with the idea of using targeted Facebook marketing to reach across the aisle instead of just preaching to the choir and showing a film at a film festival about an inspiring migrant story instead looking to tell stories about how we're how we are all common and the things we have that are similar things like family values eating food together and being loyal and so we launched the Kickstarter campaign and the overwhelming support raising the amount of funds that we had in order to make five short films so we're in the process of doing that and finding a way to get these films in front of a new audience and I've heard a lot of talk about public policy over the course of this conference and public policy needs public support and so how do you get one side of the audience to support the kind of positive migrant opportunities that you all are speaking about so I want to show you a film or the first films that we were in the process of still editing and still filming but it shows an undocumented Mexican migrant in the United States who calls while she's still undocumented has lived here there for 23 years so it's an interesting story about the vulnerabilities but also the hope that is possible for migrants in the US thank you thank you again to all of the contributors you have raised a number of the dimensions of integration and inclusion that I think will be very useful for our continued discussion although we don't have as much time for it as I would like the floor is now open for contributions and I would like to start I think with the Holy See thank you Madam Chair while stressing the need for the integration of migrants and host countries Pope Francis explained that this is neither a simulation nor incorporation it is a two-way process rooted essentially in the joint recognition of the other's cultural richness in this two-way process migrants are not a duty bound not to close themselves off from the culture and tradition of the receiving country and to respect above all its laws receiving states on the other hand must respect the family dimension of the process of integration shaping policies directed at favoring and benefitting the reunion of the family the fundamental unit of society Madam Chair there cannot be successful as a state of immigration policy without a simultaneous comprehensives centered on the human person as the subject of its primary responsible for development the engagement of local administrations in fostering a culture of integration mutual enrichment and peace will be fundamental in this regard Madam Chair if you allow me to inform the distinguished representative and in attendance that during the upcoming session of IOMS council in November the permanent policy together with some other organizations is preparing a high level event that aims to present good practices and to identify practical recommendations to improve the integration of migrants in whole societies thank you Madam Chair thank you very much and now turn to the Philippines the Philippines would like to share its experience on providing information to its migrant workers regarding from the pre-departure to post arrival stay and return and reintegration the Philippines believes that providing the migrant with proper information is a source of empowerment and therefore reduces or mitigates vulnerabilities of the migrant him or herself or the situation that he or she is in for this reason we have developed what you call information program which is being pilot tested in the Abu Dhabi dialogue as a best practice I would like to ask any of the panelists since we are discussing now social integration whether the destination country has a post arrival orientation or education for migrants whether at the enterprise or employer level the local government level or at any level being provided by the national government and if there is can you please provide a brief description of this post arrival orientation thank you thank you very much Argentine now in the promotion of the health of the migrants and refugees in the process of the world pact on an orderly, safe and regular immigration and in the field of the World Health Organization among others we believe that the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and the World Pact on immigration among others represent important action marks to promote active public policies of integration of the migrants and to recognize that the connection between immigration and development exceeds the economic aspect including a social and cultural human perspective thank you very much Morocco to be followed by Denmark thank you Madam Moderatrice the migration policy in Morocco proceeds from a global and humanist approach access to the integration of migrants in the socio-economic tissue after the two great waves of regularization of migrants and the other directives of Saint-Majesté-le-Roi-Mohamedsis programs that have been focused on education professional training employment health care the Moroccan immigration strategy and asylum was fixed among other objectives the facilitation of integration in the economic and social Moroccan tissues regular migrants access to the same rights as Moroccans is the first place in education the schoolization is indeed one of the key elements of the success of the migration policy in the same title as Moroccans the children of migrants don't care about their status in the Moroccan school and benefit from the social and social support as well as the schools and schools at the level of employment initiatives have been carried out in order to facilitate access to the same migrants to the professional training system the national preference has been removed migrants benefit in the same title as Moroccans for employment research in addition to education and employment, an important program on housing has been launched for the benefit of migrants in particular those with low income through their integration in the programs of socio-economic housing supported by the Moroccan state and the facilitation of their access to the pre-immobilized in the health sector migrants benefit from a medical coverage based on the same conditions as Moroccan citizens finally, the Kingdom of Morocco is the site of the existing cooperation between the Moroccan authorities and the OEM around the migration issue is ready to share these good practices with other countries in the context of bilateral cooperation I thank you to persons granted legal state due to humanitarian reasons to foreigners arrived under family reunification schemes etc these integration programs can last up to five years the integration program consists of job training and Danish language courses other regular migrants such as labor immigrants and their families and students can be offered an introduction course which is a lighter version of the integration program but the introduction course can also consist of job training and Danish language courses we strongly believe that everybody capable of working should work experience shows that practical labor market experience is the most efficient path to obtaining regular employment and integration in general this was also emphasized by several of the panelists however, some newly arrived migrants do not possess the skills and productivity required to qualify for a job at a regular high Danish wage the Danish government has therefore already launched a number of activities initiatives to improve employment and integration records last year the government concluded talks with the employers, employees and local authorities organizations involving further initiatives aiming at improving cost effectiveness and strengthening the outcome of employment and integration programs over the past two years the key indicators of bringing newly arrived into work have improved significantly I would like to end our intervention by stressing that we are doing all we can to ensure a successful integration and social inclusion of all migrants legally staying in Denmark at the same time we must recognize that when it comes to migrants without legal stay the solution is a dignified return to the country of origin of first country of asylum thank you Belgium the best mother in the world as we can say in regards to migration and integration and the example of Malin is very similar to the one that was explained to us on Bristol the great principle of Malin is that we are citizens of the city regardless of its nationality or its origin this implies equal access to the work market education, public health as well as the acceptance of the rules respect of the law as well as what concerns immigration illegal the refusal of the communitarism is also the refusal of the ghettoization so access is equal to all the neighbourhoods for housing this also implies a social mobility the support of the local community with a system of tutorship or groupings of original citizens who accompany the new arrivals for the learning of the language and all administrative procedures this also implies while refusing the ghettoization and the communitarism the acceptance of a very important cultural diversity and a change of narrative on the city which is not presented according to its migration problems but rather everything that migration can bring to the field of its economic expansion and others thank you Belgium and the European Union thank you very much and let me also thank the panellists my question particularly is for the two people who demonstrated the slides the councillor and the last person I watched the slides very very attentively I did not see anything pertaining to the housing facilities for the migrants the last slide the lady clearly states that she was driving but without a driving license and that's one of the biggest problems that migrants refugees and asylum seekers have when they live in other countries I used to work for international rescue committee I worked for Catholic charities and these migrants would drive without driving license the police would stop them and then they would come running to the office so your organisation what are you doing in helping these migrants to seek their driving license and also what are you doing regarding the housing facilities thank you thank you very much can I go to the European Union please thank you Madam Chair I recognise that integration is a dynamic two-way process of mutual accommodation by all migrants and citizens of member states we should promote the social and economic inclusion of migrants who are legally staying in host societies we also need to promote inclusion and support of legally staying migrants in transit countries integration cannot succeed if each actor or concerned works in isolation only the mobilisation cooperation of public authorities at international employers, chambers of commerce trade unions, NGOs and the private sector can improve integration outcomes of newcomers who are facing numerous challenges when it comes to their integration in the labour market including in particular language barriers recognition of skills and discrimination in line with a constant reminder by IOM director general we recognise that a positive narrative of migration and migrants may enable better integration into societies and may lead to more fruitful use of migrants capacities in our civil and economic community the European Commission on the integration of third country nationals which includes 50 concrete actions that the commission is putting in place to support member states and other actors in their integration efforts labour market integration and social inclusion are two of the five priority areas of this action plan we also support social inclusion through various European structural and investment funds we need to address practical barriers to integration in particular tackling skills recognition and language courses for legally staying migrants I thank you very much thank you very much can we go directly please to Kenya thank you thank you madam chair the question of migration actually inside similar controversies as the movement of goods and services which is a recurring debate at WTO we recognise that majority of migrants move in order to improve the economic well-being but the integration become very difficult because of lack of skills required in the countries of destination in this regard most highly skilled personnel move to the developed economies these category of migrants have been trained and developed by the cost of government or family migra resources some families have and sell their only earthly possession to give training to their children but these are the people who move abroad and saturate the labour markets of the developed countries instead of coming back and leaving their countries worse off than they left it I believe that the solution to this is that countries need to cooperate to correct the demographic the demographic imbalance that exist between the industrial north and the agrarian south so that these skills should be developed states should cooperate to develop these skills and labour need gaps let the developed north move and develop these skills at the source so that when they move out there it is easy to integrate them in the society responses like break can I ask you to finish please because there are a number of other speakers I'm very very sorry there are a number of other speakers so could I ask you to finish up if possible please I'm just concluding Madam Chair responses like Brexit and mass expulsion of migrants are like doctors misdiagnosing the disease and treating the symptoms rather than the disease I want to end there thank you Kenya now one minute please from patriotic vision to be followed by Mexico and then the USA I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 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