To All Further Education and Community based ESOL/ESL providers in Northern Ireland The Department for the Economy has issued the ‘ESOL NI Call for funding applications 2020/21’. This funding is available under the Home Office Additional English Language Training Fund and is provided through the Northern Ireland Refugee Resettlement Scheme

EMBRACE is working to provide a Covid response in partnership with NICRAS (NI Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers) and South Belfast Roundtable. Funding for this has been given to EMBRACE both from the Community Foundation for NI and Belfast City Council – a total of £30,000 which EMBRACE are

Find out more about who can work in Northern Ireland: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/permission-work-northern-ireland Check if and how you can become a British Citizen: https://www.gov.uk/british-citizenship/check-if-you-canapply Check if your qualifcations are recognized in the UK: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/finding-employment/are-your-countrys-qualifications-recognised-uk What are your rights as an Agency worker: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/agency-workers Information on the National MinimumWage and Living Wage: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/national-minimum-wage-and-living-wage

NI Overviews Bryson Intercultural Website (Refugees and Asylum Seekers) www.brysonintercultural.org/refugees-asylum-seekers/ Law Centre NI, Refugee Week 2014: Information Sheet for MLAs. (PDF) See The Law Centre NI website for resources on refugees: Refugees and Asylum Seekers, and also their video Welcoming Refugees in Northern Ireland – what can MPs do to help?

The need to signpost European nationals for advice on settled status in the UK Now that the UK has left the European Union all EU, EEA or Swiss citizens living in Northern Ireland must apply to have their legal status confirmed. They must apply for a new EU immigration status