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<p>The Home Office maintains active partnerships with the local authorities that have
volunteered to become dispersal areas across the UK and funds regional Strategic Migration
Partnerships (SMPs) to plan the dispersal of asylum seekers across the region. The
partnerships consider the impact on communities and local services so that adjustments
can be made where appropriate. This ensures that community cohesion, social welfare
and safety issues are properly considered.</p><p>SMPs act as a focal point allowing
the sharing of expertise and vital information between the Home Office, its asylum
accommodation providers, local government, health, education and the police, ensuring
coordinated planning and leadership on asylum dispersion. They also consider other
funded objectives such as initiatives in support of visa policy; modern slavery; immigration
sanctions and improvement; vulnerable children (including Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking
Children) and adults; No Recourse to Public Funds policies of local government; EU
migration and integration.</p><p>The Home Office, our housing contractors and the
SMPs work closely with local authorities to ensure we can accommodate asylum seekers
in appropriate accommodation.</p>
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