Mainstreaming Solutions: New approaches for effective interventions to tackle poverty in migrant households
An MPS Policy Brief 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 migrant households across Scotland. We have found that migrants from a broad range of nationalities and across […]
Tackling Child Poverty in Migrant Families: Engaging Migrant Perspectives in a consultation for the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031
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. Peer-research approach The report summarises key findings from peer research carried out by Migration Policy Scotland. Twelve researchers […]
Perspectives: Open the Door – Working together to address financial disadvantage in migrant households
Poverty migration migrants Scotland financial disadvantage is at the centre of Open the Door, a blog reflecting on partnership working to address financial hardship in migrant households. In this blog, our core team of peer researchers from Migration Policy Scotland (MPS) and partner organisations reflect on co-delivery, shared learning, and research for change. By Leri […]
Financial disadvantage in migrant households – Report | Migration Policy Scotland
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. Policies and services that overlook migration status, documentation, recognition of qualifications or labour market discrimination can reinforce existing […]