Projects

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  Building Insight Infrastructure on Migration

  MPS is building insight infrastructure on migration in Scotland: a source of regularly updated evidence and briefings for policymakers, practitioners and business, monitoring the aspects of migration most relevant to Scotland.

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  Better Mixing: Supporting Scotland’s diverse future

  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.

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  Tackling Child Poverty in Migrant Families​: Engaging Migrant Perspectives in a consultation for the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031​

  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.

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  Building Capacity, Building Community

  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. You can sign up to training sessions here.

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  Welcome to the Policy Laboratory

  MPS is passionate about research that makes change happen. Our policy laboratories are part of that. We believe that collectively we hold more of the answers to the challenges we face than we realise. MPS policy…

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  Poverty in Migrant Households

  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.

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  Building Resilience to Extremism in Scotland

  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…

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  Migration Policy Scotland Launch

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

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  EU Nationals in Scotland: Experiences, Needs and Support

  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…

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  Hong Kongers in Scotland

  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…

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  The Windrush Schemes in Scotland: raising awareness, ensuring advice

  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.

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  “MOVE” – A Perspective on an Issue of our Time

  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”…