Amongst all the noise, there's a real need to look at the evidence. Attitudes to immigration in Scotland are cooling but this is not the outright hostility presented in parts of the media and political debate.
@scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social is recruiting a Refugee Integration Advisor
Full time Role. Salary £30,305. Closing date: 23rd June
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs/refugee...
Really enjoyed delivering 3 learning input sessions on migrant communities in Scotland to @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk staff. Equipping them with knowledge and tools to work better on migration. Integrating that with their deep knowledge of working with commuities. Bringing people together works better
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Deadline: 13th April
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MPS Director @sarahkyambi.bsky.social speaking on STV about Scotland's rapidly changing migrant population and what is needed to 'make the best of migration' for all.
@sarahkyambi.bsky.social on STV "our demographies are ageing, our economies need migration, our publics are skeptical... Politics needs to explain immigration in the context of a much fuller argument around social, economic and demographic needs...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
@sarahkyambi.bsky.social on STV: "In Scotland we are seeing really rapid changing composition of migration...that means we need to understand better our new migrant populations and move on from a story that had been for a long time predominantly those from the EU"
www.itv.com/news/border/...
Check out last night's STV Representing Border segment on immigration. Including MPS Director @sarahkyambi.bsky.social at mins 6:55- 11:55
www.itv.com/news/border/...
What a day!!
This was a really inspiring, exhausting but exciting event.
Watch this space and see what we do next!!!
It's been a real privilege working with this team over the last year and a half. Can't wait to see what we'll achieve in 2025!!😀
Working in partnership is rewarding, fun and a really effective way to build for change.
In our latest blog 3 researchers from our core team delivering our project to tackle financial disadvantage in migrant households reflect on their experiences.
Migrant in Scotland: join our groundbreaking migrant lived experience panel. A groundbreaking approach to integrating lived experience into policy influencing.
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Deadline 15th January 2025
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Happy to see this service up and running and proud of the research we did with our MPS migrant lived experience panel to help shape it.