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Scotland's Migration Service: early insights evaluation

This report presents the findings from an early‑insights evaluation of Scotland’s Migration Service, which will inform future policy development and provide further recommendations.


8. References

Campo, F. et al. (2018) The Impact of Migration on Productivity and Native-born Workers’ Training

Federation of Small Businesses (2019) Starting Over: Migrant Entrepreneurship in Scotland

Luz, L. et al. (2025) Meta-Analysis: The Impact of Immigration on the Economic Performance of the Host Country

Migration Advisory Committee (2018) EEA Migration in the UK

National Records of Scotland (2024) Scotland's Population 2023 – The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends

National Records of Scotland (2025) Mid-2024 Population Estimates

National Records of Scotland (2025) Projected Population of Scotland: 2022-based

Office for Budget Responsibility (2023–2025) Fiscal Risk and Sustainability Reports

Randolph, B. & Kay, J. (2024) The Potential Impact of Recent UK Immigration Policy Announcements in Scotland

Scottish Fiscal Commission (2025) Fiscal Sustainability Report

Scottish Government (2016) The Impacts of Migrants and Migration into Scotland

Scottish Government (2021) A Scotland for the Future: Opportunities and Challenges of Scotland's Changing Population

Scottish Government (2025) Migration – Meeting Scotland’s Needs

Scottish Government (2022) Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation

S cottish Government (2024) Digital Scotland Service Standard

UK Government (2022) Migration Advisory Committee Research Paper: skills shortages and employers of migrant workers

Contact

Email: migrationservice@gov.scot

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