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 […]
All Hands On Deck -Working collaboratively to tackle poverty in migrant households
Poverty in migrant households remains a significant and persistent issue across the UK. Evidence consistently shows that migrants are more likely to experience poverty than people who are UK-born. This reflects a combination of structural barriers, including insecure employment, high housing costs, restricted access to welfare support, and the impacts of immigration policy. This blog, […]
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 […]
The poverty premium and the migrant community
The migrant poverty premium refers to the additional and often hidden costs that migrant households face when accessing essential goods and services. These costs can include higher housing expenses, limited access to affordable credit, higher energy bills, and barriers to secure employment. As a result, migrant households are often required to pay more to meet […]
Policy Briefing: Including Migrants in Policy and Practice to Reduce Poverty
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 through employment; and increasing awareness and uptake of social security entitlements. Their needs are too often overlooked or treated as niche and […]
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 […]