Projects

Understanding what people think about immigration and how that changes over time is an important part of understanding how to respond to immigration. Migration Policy Scotland has built significant new insight infrastructure to do just that.

Funded by Nuffield Foundation’s Racial Diversity UK programme this project investigates how racial diversity is perceived and experienced by migrant and racially diverse communities in Scotland between September 2025 – August 2028.

Migration Policy Scotland was commissioned by Scottish Government to assist in bringing migrant perspectives to the evidence gathering and external engagement informing the development of the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031.

Migration Policy Scotland hosts a flourishing Migrant Community of Practice in Scotland. We deliver a capacity building and leadership development programme for migrants and migrant community organisations across Scotland. We involve migrants into our way…

Increased understanding of migrant experiences and support for new, imaginative and effective ways to confront challenges and disadvantages is central to Migration Policy Scotland’s work.

Tackling Financial Disadvantage in Migrant Households – Research Report Launch

We are looking for partners for work building resilience to extremism in Scotland. We need to build a broad coalition to counter the potential for racist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant violence we have experienced recently. We want to work with…

This online roundtable event discussed the role of migration in tackling rural depopulation and the benefits and challenges of initiatives involving multi-level stakeholders.

An opportunity for migrants* in Scotland to explore what lived experience offers policy work and shape Migration Policy Scotland’s approach

Join us for the launch of a new think tank, Migration Policy Scotland, promoting a constructive approach to migration in Scotland.

This Migration Policy Scotland event brings together expertise on migration and on the Scottish economy and business to assess the impacts of UK’s new immigration system in Scotland. How have businesses and the economy been impacted by the UK’s new…

In this online workshop Migration Policy Scotland brings together a panel of experts to discuss the policy-related issues surrounding migration into rural parts of Scotland.

The latest Migration Policy Scotland event hosts two expert panel discussions on the experiences and support needs of EU nationals in Scotland on 16 September. The first panel focuses on EU nationals’ needs for and access to support services in a…

Join Migration Policy Scotland for an event on Hong Kongers in Scotland on Friday 10 March 2023. This event brings together policy makers, practitioners and community organisations to share their knowledge and reflect on what can be done to shape the…

Join Migration Policy Scotland on Monday 31st October 2022 for an online panel discussion, bringing together organisations offering advice on the Windrush Schemes in Scotland and working on mitigating their shortcomings across the UK.

At an RSA Fellows’ MCICH Network Fellow-led event  MPS Director, Dr Sarah Kyambi, joins Prof. David Bell, University of Stirling, and Prof. Oscar Guadiola-Rivera, University of London, in a discussion with Dr Parag Khanna’s of his newly published: “Move”…