refugees
Answer:
Foreign Nationals with Refugee status, lawfully living in Scotland, with Leave to Remain, have the right to vote in national and local elections. Refugees with Indefinite Leave to Remain can also stand for election.
You have to register to vote.
Asylum Seekers do not have the right to vote in national or local elections in Scotland.
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020
Full answer here: Can Refugees and Asylum Seekers vote in a Scottish Independence Referendum?
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Scots: Refugee Integration Strategy (2018 - 2022
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Scottish Government Strategy Document
Date published:
Refugees residing in Scotland are given the title New Scots with the intention of successfully integrating them into Scottish society whilst respecting their cultural and human rights.
New Scots Land
Author / Creator: Sarah Kyambi
Media type: Podcast
Date published:
Migration policy in Scotland.