An evaluation of the Controlling Migration Fund Programme
An independent evaluation of the Controlling Migration Fund Programme exploring 14 sets of project level findings.
Applies to England
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The evaluation provides evidence of impacts and benefits across 14 projects in different local authorities. The reports identify best practice for delivery of projects engaging specific migrant groups (including unaccompanied asylum seeking children), and specific impacts generated for resident and migrant communities.
Projects that provide recent migrants with tailored information about local services worked well to improve how services were accessed in order to reduce service pressures. Effective approaches included: designing area-specific information on local services and individual rights and responsibilities; providing information through trusted intermediaries and known local venues.
For some CMF interventions, benefits were expected to accrue over an extended period. In this instance, the final value for money indications may be greater than can be estimated through a CBA based on the available data at the time of the evaluation. Overall, the results were encouraging, suggesting that projects working with migrant communities can demonstrate value for money providing they properly designed and implemented.