Migration

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.


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.