ABSTRACT

As mentioned earlier, the SCOs were established to be a solution to the multi-faceted problems faced by the Somali Diaspora community mainly in education, housing, immigration and employment. The employment issue can be included as well as job creation for the SCO staff. The dialectical process can be outlined as follows: 1M corresponds to the formation of SCOs as different institutions with charitable objectives providing advice, information and guidance to newly arrived Somali migrants/refugees to the UK. Their main remit was to facilitate settlement and integration to the UK society.