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AKTULILE ENTWICKLUNGEN 1M STMTSANGEHÖRIGKE[JS -, AUSLANDER- UND FLÜCIITLINGSRECHTARTIC[IBY the UK. While asylum figures are signifkant, it should also bePRAKASH SHAH borne in mind that a considerable number of famiiy reunion andfamiiy formation migrarıts have joined the initial wave of asylummigrants, although those wfthout regular status of some kindcannot act as sponsors for spouses or families, while those on asubsidiary asylum status (i.e. other than Convention status) haveto waft longerforfamiiy reuniflcation.Ali this does not mean that migrants from Turkey have notbeen economicaliy active.18 On the contrary, it is evident thatmany found work in industries set up within the communityof migrants from Turkey, often in the hundreds of ciothingmanufacturing units. There also arose a large number of cafes,restaurants and shops within this community mainiy in London,parts of which have been transformed by the entrepreneurshipof the community. Job creation and employment is oftenconducted by informal networks within the ethnic Turkish andKurdish community. This underlines the reliance on what Erdemirand Vasta (2007) refer to as 'prirnary social relations', that is, 'thesmaller, affective, and face-to-face realm of famiiy, friends andacquaintances.' These writers add:"Turkish immigrants, for example, use primary socialrelations to set up their own businesses, to gather informationon economic opportunities, and information about wages andwork conditions, to attain business skills and training, and to findout information about rights at work." (Erdemir and Vasta 2007:20)There also a ppearstobe an increasingtrend of such migrantsgoing outside London to engage mainiy in the catering trade. infact, one can now find migrants from Turkey engaging in a whoierange of industries and professions.1918Wahlbeck(1999) notesthe contrasting position of prevalent unemploymentamong Kurdish refugees in Finland.19 For the developing picture in the 19905 see Wahlbeck (1999: 125-128). Seenow the Turkish Directory (alsa at http://www.turkishdirectory.co.uiq).There is now aiso a Turkisl-ı-Speaking Lawyers Association (TSLA) in the UK:http://tslauk.com/.312