Migration
Depoliticising Immigration and Independence
Author / Creator: Zhihao Hu
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2023
Immigration stands as a pivotal issue in both Scottish and British politics
Scottish Refugee Council Strategic Plan 2023 to 2028
Author / Creator: Scottish Refugee Council
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
By 2028, we want Scotland to be the best place for refugees to thrive, challenge injustice, achieve their ambitions and empower their communities, no matter where they have come from or how they arrived.
Migration Policy Scotland Project: Report of a scoping exercise on the need for greater policy capacity on migration in Scotland
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Report
Date published: 2020
Immigration is a reserved matter, meaning the power to legislate on immigration matters resides solely at Westminster.
EU Nationals in Scotland: An MPS Factfile
Author / Creator: Migration Policy Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Information on EU nationals currently living in Scotland
Sharing Lives, Sharing Languages: A Pilot Peer Education Project for New Scots’ Social and Language Integration
Author / Creator: Lavinia Hirsu
Media type: Report
Date published: 2017
Brings together non-native English speakers and local community members under the coordination of peer educators.
New Scots Integration: Rights & Communities Evaluation Report
Author / Creator: Scottish Refugee Council
Media type: Report
Date published: 2019
Scottish Refugee Council has provided an effective and well used integration holistic integration advice and advocacy service1 for new refugees
Rights, Resilience and Refugee Integration in Scotland
Author / Creator: Alison Strang
Media type: Report
Date published: 2017
A report sharing insights from the Holistic Integration Service 2013-2016
THEY GIVE ME COURAGE
Author / Creator: Helen Baillot
Media type: Report
Date published: 2016
Evaluation report of the Scottish Refugee Council's family keywork service.
An evaluation of the Scottish Guardianship Service
Author / Creator: Hannah Stott
Media type: report
Date published: 2021
The work of Guardians within asylum determination and National Referral Mechanism processes
Tools to support individual refugees; Tool Kit 1
Author / Creator: Scottish Refugee Council
Media type: Tool Kit
Date published: 2021
"This toolkit is for...organisations creating ... direct services to... refugees: physical or remote holistic advice and advocacy services/one-stop shops; and language and employment services.
Building national and regional infrastructure to support refugee integration; Tool Kit 2
Author / Creator: Scottish Refugee Council
Media type: Tool Kit
Date published: 2021
"This toolkit is for ... organisations and funders interested in setting up infrastructure and mechanisms for cooperation on refugee integration."
A housing practitioners’ guide to integrating people seeking protection and refugees, 3rd ed
Author / Creator: Grant McPhail
Media type: Guide
Date published: 2021
The guide aims to aid housing practitioners to support the integration of people seeking protection and those recognised as refugees.
Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland with particular reference to failings in the provision of care to New Scots during the Covid pandemic Part Two
Author / Creator: Helena Kennedy
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
"What we were unprepared for were the eyewatering costs – human and financial – of the wider system that underpins support for people seeking asylum in the UK. Nor were we prepared for the levels of incompetence, confusion and chaos, sometimes to the point of being manifest as cruelty, in that system." Helena Kennedy
Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland, Part 1
Author / Creator: Helena Kennedy
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Migrants moved from houses to hotels were placed in danger, not safety.
EU Nationals in Scotland: Experiences, Needs and Support
Author / Creator: Hana Davis
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
EU nationals are a majority proportion of migrants living in Scotland. Their experiences and needs are reviewed.
Rural Lives: Retaining Diverse Populations
Author / Creator: Rebecca Kay
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
There are ways of attracting and retaining diverse rural populations.
Do Scotland and England & Wales Have Different Views About Immigration?
Author / Creator: John Curtice
Media type: Research Paper
Date published: December 2018
The social and economic consequences of immigration are viewed similarly in England and Scotland. All party voters except SNP have a less favourable attitude toward immigration than their English counterparts. The same applies to Remain supporters. There is no systematic relationship between national identity and perceptions of immigration.
Immigration: how Scotland sees itself and how migrants actually experience it
Author / Creator: Marcus Nicolson
Media type: Article
Date published:
Political groups in Scotland have been able to use policies and public speeches to position the country as more open and progressive than the rest of the UK
Scotland’s Migration Futures Challenges, opportunities, options
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Date published: October 2021
Migration is an integral part of a globalised world. Resourcing a constructive approach with evidence and opportunities for dialogue will be key to making it a success.
New Scots Land
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Podcast
Date published:
Migration policy in Scotland.