Migration
Reconceptualising Scottish Island Youth Migration
Author / Creator: Rosie Alexander
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Is youth out migration problematic for Scotland's islands?
Migration and Ethnicity in Scotland's 2022 Census
Author / Creator: Ross Bond
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The impact migration has on Scotland
Only independence lets Scotland build a migration system that works for us
Author / Creator: Yes
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2025
Scotland depends on positive net migration to sustain our public services, fill skills gaps and grow the economy. That means we need a migration system built for Scotland’s needs – not one imposed by Westminster.
Scotland’s rising tide of racist violence: Threats, assaults, stabbings
Author / Creator: Billy Briggs
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Incidents linked to anti-migrant protests, racism and the far-right have exposed rising political tensions across Scotland.
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.
Including Migrants in Policy and Practice to Reduce Poverty
Author / Creator: Migration Policy Scotland
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2024
migrants are disadvantaged in relation to each of the main pathways to poverty reduction
Skills for Today and Tomorrow
Author / Creator: Mairi Spowage
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
How can Scotland leverage its world-class education system, burgeoning tech hubs, and leadership in energy to ensure Scotland’s workforce can meet the challenges of today and seize the opportunities of tomorrow.?
Impacts of 2018 to 2019 Scottish Income Tax changes on intra-UK migration and labour market participation
Author / Creator: UK Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Higher tax bands have not affected high income migration away from Scotland.
Scotland’s Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Dramatic changes in Scottish society shown in 2022 census
A Difficult Choice? Inside the UK/Outside the EU vs. Inside the EU/Outside the UK
Author / Creator: Alex Scholes
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
20% - 30% think there will be no difference to most elements of economic life whether Scotland is in the EU or with UK outside the EU
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 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.
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
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."
The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora
Author / Creator: Billy Kay
Media type: Book
Date published: 2008
The Scottish World is a celebration of the enormous contribution the Scots have made to the modern world.
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
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.