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Interest GroupsAsylum Seekers & RefugeesIntroduction The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 has for the first time introduced a policy of national dispersal for asylum seekers and refugees across mainland UK. As a result asylum seekers and refugees are sent to contracted local authorities where they settle into communities. For some cities including Glasgow, the experience of receiving asylum seekers and refugees is not a new one. For many years Glasgow has been the new home to people seeking asylum from various different countries around the world, such as the Irish, Polish and Jewish communities. More recently the Kosovan Humanitarian Programme gave Health Boards, Trusts and Local Authorities an insight into the particular difficulties that face asylum seekers and refugees. Our experience with this programme has helped in developing and coordinating services for asylum seekers and refugees who have been received under the new National Asylum Support Service (NASS) contract.
In April 2000 in North Glasgow seen the first group of asylum seekers to arrive from London under the National Asylum Support Services (NASS) contract with the Home Office and Glasgow City Council. Glasgow NHS Primary Care Trust as part of a multi-agency working team provides general medical and nursing services for these communities.
A Home Office Online report Asylum Seekers in Dispersal - Healthcare Issues - Mark R D Johnson 13/03 calls for good practice guidelines to be developed on health issues for asylum seekers, living in accommodation provided through the National Asylum Support Services (NASS).As part of the ongoing development of this nursing service provision a briefing report for all staff working within asylum seekers and refugee communities has been developed to provide information and guidance. Read more Asylum Seekers Welcome Pack Size 73kb Asylum Seekers & Refugees Resource Pack Size 1484kb Entitlement To NHS Treatment Size 16kb Asylum Seekers Living In Glasgow Size 134kb Asylum Seekers and Refugees Useful Web Addresses Size 110kb
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