Scottish Refugee Council has provided an effective and well used integration holistic integration advice and advocacy service1 for new refugees
The design of the programme was based on Scottish Refugee Council’s experience as the national refugee charity in Scotland, our work with key partners in the sector, and research and consultation with refugees and communities in Scotland. A key source of evidence of need for this programme was an engagement process in 2017 which supported the development of the New Scots Strategy 2018-22. The New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy is Scotland’s multistakeholder refugee integration strategy encompassing different domains of the integration process that is led in partnership by the Scottish Government, Consortium of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and Scottish Refugee Council. Over 2000 people, including over 700 refugees, participated in this process. Through this engagement exercise,2 refugees and all stakeholders identified the need for information on rights and for advice and support to access these rights across the seven thematic areas of the New Scots strategy.