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The fourth wave of our annual representative survey of public attitudes to immigration in Scotland finds views becoming more restrictive, a hardening on both sides of the debate, and social contact emerging as a key dividing factor.
Migration Policy Scotland’s project Tackling Financial Disadvantage in Migrant Households adds to clear and growing evidence that inequalities linked to experiences of migration and deriving from the immigration system impact significantly on poverty in…
The analysis shows that financial disadvantage in migrant households is not only the result of individual circumstances. It is also shaped by the interaction between the immigration system, labour market conditions and the design of anti-poverty measures.…
Migration Policy Scotland’s research shows that migrants are disadvantaged in relation to each of the main pathways to poverty reduction recognised by Scottish Government and Scotland’s wider anti-poverty movement: reducing costs; increasing incomes…
This report on child poverty in migrant families was commissioned by the Scottish Government. Migration Policy Scotland was asked to bring migrant perspectives into the evidence gathering and engagement for the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026–2031.
EU nationals have played a central role in Scotland’s labour market, public services, and communities for decades. EU nationals have played a central role in Scotland’s labour market, public services, and communities for decades. However, following the…
Our programme is now available. It outlines our aim to provide a home for open discussion and informed response to the opportunities and challenges migration brings and explains our priorities and way of working.
This edited collection on Scotland’s migration futures brings together leading experts to explore what lies ahead for migration and mobility in Scotland. Contributors assess how demographic change, economic pressures, political developments and…
Scottish devolution and migration have evolved in distinct ways over the past two decades. IPPR Progressive Review volume 27 reflects on over 20 years of devolution and includes a chapter by Migration Policy Scotland Director Sarah Kyambi examining key…
Immigration after Brexit Scotland faces new constraints and uncertainties shaped by EU exit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Migration Policy Scotland Director Sarah Kyambi explores these dynamics in a chapter on independence, EU re-entry, and the Common Travel…
UK post-Brexit immigration system reforms have raised serious questions about preparedness across the labour market. As free movement ends, Migration Policy Scotland examines the new system for UK labour migration, with a particular focus on the challenges…
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