LGA Asylum and Refugee Task Group
The Asylum and Refugee Task Group is a project managed by the Community Well-being Board.
This project works in partnership with other LGAs, the ADCS and ADASS, Migration Partnerships and the Home Office to ensure that the interests of local government are fully represented.
The East Midlands Councillor representative from the East Midlands Regional Migration Partnership is Councillor David Sprason.
http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=19402
Migration Advisory Group
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advises the government on migration issues. It is a non-statutory, non-time-limited, non-departmental public body, sponsored by the UK Border Agency of the Home Office.
Terms of reference
The MAC provides independent, evidence-based advice to government on specific sectors and occupations in the labour market where shortages exist which can sensibly be filled by migration. The government may, from time to time, ask the MAC to advise on other matters relating to migration.
Membership
The MAC is made up of a chair and four other independent economists, who have been appointed under rules relating to public appointments laid down by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA). Additionally, the Commission for Employment and Skills and the UK Border Agency are represented on the committee. You can find out more about the MAC's membership on the Members' biographies page.
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/workingwithus/indbodies/mac/aboutthemac/
National Asylum Stakeholder Forum
The national asylum stakeholder forum (NASF) was launched by its co-chairs, Matthew Coats, Head of Immigration and Donna Covey, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council on 12 July 2007, when it met for the first time in London.
The Forum was designed to be an open system, promoting dialogue, transparancy and the ability to work in partnership between the Agency and its external stakeholders. Meetings are held every two months.
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/workingwithus/stakeholders/nationalasylumstakeholderforum/
National Asylum Stakeholder Operational Forum
Migration Impacts Forum
The purpose of the Migration Impacts Forum (MIF) is to provide a forum for proper, regular and organised dialogue with interested parties outside Government, focused on the wider impacts with migration experienced by local areas.
The Migration Impacts Forum was launched by its co-chairs, Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration at the Home Office, and Phil Woolas, former Minister for Communities at Communities and Local Government, on 21 June 2007, when it met for the first time in London.
The Forum is an important new initiative by the Government, aiming to help build the evidence base for the effects which migration is having on communities and public services throughout the United Kingdom and on how these challenges can best be met.
The Government wants to maximise the contribution which the Forum can make to the national debate on these important issues.
Further information
National Migration Group
The National Migration Group (NMG) provides a national consultative forum on migration issues for the UKBA, the Regional Migration Partnerships and other key partners/stakeholders.
The East Midlands representative is Sheila Lock, Chief Executive, Leicester City Council.