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<p>We are working towards achieving more integrated communities and creating the conditions
for everyone to live and work successfully alongside each other.</p><p>Those who are
granted refugee status are given access to the labour market, mainstream benefits
and housing assistance from their local authority. There are therefore no plans to
allow refugees to stay in asylum support accommodation.</p><p>The Home Office offers
integration loans to recognised refugees. The loan is designed to help refugees integrate
into UK society by offering financial support towards housing costs, employment and
training.</p><p>The Home Office also funds strategic migration partnerships which
provide coordination and support services for those organisations working with migrants
and refugees in local communities.</p><p>Earlier this year the Government announced
that £20 million of additional funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages
(ESOL) courses would be introduced in October 2016. This funding will reach the most
isolated communities in the UK.</p>
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