Migration
New Data on Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland: What Does Scotland Really Think?
Author / Creator: Saskia Smellie
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
The Scottish public’s views on immigration are not homogeneous.
Open the Door; Migrants Facing Financial Disadvantage and their Needs for Support
Author / Creator: Rebecca Kay
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Financial challenges and precarity are experienced by the working migrants in Scotland.
Devolving Immigration Powers
Author / Creator: Jimmy Reid Foundation
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
The case for devolving immigration powers to Scotland
10 Reasons why Scotland Needs its own Immigration Visa
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Scotland’s inability to bring in workers with the skills the country needs is holding back the growth of our economy and adds to the problems facing the Highlands and Islands.
Attitudes to Immigration: A view from Scotland
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
The Scottish public want immigration to be increased or remain the same (72%) rather than decreased (28%), A sizeable proportion want immigration to ‘remain the same as it is’ (34%). The impacts of immigration are seen as positive by the majority of people in Scotland (59%). People in Scotland have a strong preference for labour migrants to have the option to remain in Scotland for the longer term ‘to settle and integrate’ (66%).
Here’s why citizenship in an independent Scotland matters
Author / Creator: Scotland's Voices Show
Media type: Video
Date published:
Discusses a paper produced by the Scottish Governemt about citizenship and how this relates to our shortage of key workers
Scotland has an immigration problem
Author / Creator: Chris Deerin
Media type: Article
Date published:
The country has to overcome three barriers to attract the migrants it needs.
Lift The Ban: Why Giving People Seeking Asylum The Right To Work Is Common Sense
Author / Creator: Lift The ban Coalition
Media type: Report
Date published: 2020
The Lift the Ban coalition, made up of over 200
non-profit organisations, think tanks, businesses,
trade unions and faith groups, is calling on the
UK Government to give people seeking asylum
and their adult dependants the right to work:
unconstrained by the Shortage Occupation
List, and after they have waited six months for
a decision on their initial asylum claim or
further submission.
Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland: Cautious pragmatism?
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
The second Migration Policy Scotland Attitudes Survey updates understanding of what the Scottish public thinks about immigration developing an evidence base that helps policymakers and others make better informed choices in a complex and changing context
Attitudes to Immigration: A view from Scotland
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
The Scottish public have a positive attitude toward migration.
Is immigration costing the Conservatives votes?
Author / Creator: John Curtice
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
While there has been an increase in the number who think that immigration is too high, voters appear to be abandoning the Conservatives for a broader set of reasons.
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
The amount of restrictive legislation makes it important that the human rights of refugees are protected.
Tackling rural depopulation
Author / Creator: Amanda Hill-Dixon
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Depopulation is not ..., a uniquely rural experience. Urban areas can face similar challenges.
The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland
Author / Creator: Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Proposals to improve the lives of asylum seekers in Scotland.
EU Nationals in Scotland: An MPS Factfile
Author / Creator: Migration Policy Scotland
Media type: Fact sheet
Date published: 2023
Information on EU nationals currently living in Scotland.
Attitudes to Immigration: A view from Scotland
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Scottish attitudes to immigration have warmed considerably since 2014.
Multi-Level Responses to Rural Depopulation
Author / Creator: Rebecca Kay
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Rural depopulation is a significant contemporary challenge for countries across Europe and
the Global North, and Scotland is no exception
The Role of EU Immigration and the Threat of Brexit
Author / Creator: Sotirios Frantzanas
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2019
Do EU immigrants still feel wanted in the UK?
The Proposed Scottish Visa System
Author / Creator: Samuel MacKinnon
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2020
Scottish Government proposals for immigration powers to be devolved to Scotland for the purpose of establishing a new “Scottish Visa” system.
Building a New Scotland: migration to Scotland after independence
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Document
Date published: 2023
Migration is an issue of central importance to Scotland's future prosperity, the wellbeing of our communities and the sustainability of our public services.