Skills audit of refugees

Skills audit of refugeesRachel Kirk Home Office Online Report 37/04The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do theyreflect Government policy). Skills audit of refugees Rachel Kirk Online report 37/04 Acknowledgments I would like to thank the following for their time and assistance: Philip Danzelman, Lesley Duff, Tina Heath, Kara Hiscox, Lynda Joeman, James Noble, Sneha Popat, Ester Romeri and the members of the Skills Audit Working Group. I would especially like to thank the original managers of this project, Janis Makarewich-Hall and Kate Hitchcock, who were responsible for initiating this project and managing the survey itself. i Contents Page Acknowledgments i Contents ii List of tables iii List of figures iii Executive summary iv 1. Introduction 1 Background and aims 1 Methods 2 Response 4 How representative is the sample of the wider population of refugees? 6 2. Results 7 Qualifications and education 7 Main activity (economic status) before coming to the UK 11 Occupation 14 Language skills 16 3. Conclusions 21 Summary of results 21 The limitations of this research and methodological lessons learnt 21 The implications of this research for policy-makers 23 Further research on the skills of refugees 24 Appendices A. Questionnaire 25 B. Country of origin coding used in the analysis presented in this report 25 ...