Ashford's population is growing and alongside it, so is Ashford's cultural diversity. 

Ashford is home to a number of ethnic communities including, among others, Gurkhas, Asians, Kurds, Zimbabwean, Chinese, Sri Lankan and Eastern European.  Ashford Borough Council is working with other public and voluntary sector partners to ensure public services are accessible to all local residents including the borough's black and minority ethnic communities.

We are also a partner on Ashford's Diversity Forum chaired by Ashford Police.

Immigration and Nationality Websites

• Border and Immigration Agency (Home Office)
• Electronic Immigration Network
• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
• Immigration Advisory Service - independent non-Governmental charity that gives free and confidential legal advice and representation
• Immigration and Asylum Statistics (Home Office)
• Moving Here - 200 years of migration to England
• Multikulti - translated information in welfare law - debt, employment, health, housing, immigration and welfare benefits. (There are translations in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Somali, Spanish and Turkish)
• Refugee Council
• workpermit.com - offers immigration and work permit services

New! - Ashford Museum opens a Gurkha exhibition this year, for more information view the Museums webpage.