Migrant workers in Rochdale and Oldham : Executive summary Scullion, LC, Steele, A and Condie, J Title Migrant workers in Rochdale and Oldham : Executive summary Authors Scullion, LC, Steele, A and Condie, J Type Monograph URL This version is available at: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/35851/ Published Date 2008 USIR is a digital collection of the research output of the University of Salford. Where copyright permits, full text material held in the repository is made freely available online and can be read, downloaded and copied for non-commercial private study or research purposes. Please check the manuscript for any further copyright restrictions. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at:
[email protected]. Migrant Workers in Rochdale and Oldham Executive Summary Lisa Hunt, Andy Steele and Jenna Condie Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit University of Salford August 2008 2 The Study In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the migration of people from Eastern Europe and the new EU countries 1. It is now recognised that local authorities need to understand the composition and needs of their local population in order to be able to plan and deliver services effectively, as well as being able to respond to any issues relating to community cohesion 2. Consequently, some local authorities are making efforts to find out about the experiences and needs of these new and emerging communities. This research was commissioned by Oldham Housing Investment Partnership, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Oldham Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder and Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in January 2008 and was conducted by a team of researchers from the Salford Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford.