Becka Kay McCusker
@beckakaymcc.bsky.social
Associate Director of Migration Policy Scotland @migrationscotland.bsky.social
Researcher, mum, clarinet-playing multilingual cat-lover.
Researcher, mum, clarinet-playing multilingual cat-lover.
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.
Out today: MPS Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland survey 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland: Changing, complex, contradictory - Migration Policy Scotland
The third wave of Migration Policy Scotland’s annual representative survey provides a detailed picture of how views are evolving. This attitudinal survey series provides policymakers and others with e...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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.
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
@scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social is recruiting a Refugee Integration Advisor
Full time Role. Salary £30,305. Closing date: 23rd June
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs/refugee...
Full time Role. Salary £30,305. Closing date: 23rd June
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs/refugee...
Refugee Integration Adviser - Scottish Refugee Council
Job title Refugee Integration Adviser Reference RIA0625 Contract Permanent, Full time (36 hours per week...
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social is recruiting a Refugee Integration Advisor
Full time Role. Salary £30,305. Closing date: 23rd June
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs/refugee...
Full time Role. Salary £30,305. Closing date: 23rd June
scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/jobs/refugee...
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
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
June 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
Do you want to see better dialogue, more evidence and informed responses to migration in Scotland?
Join our board of trustees!!!
Deadline: 13th April
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/join...
Join our board of trustees!!!
Deadline: 13th April
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/join...
March 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Do you want to see better dialogue, more evidence and informed responses to migration in Scotland?
Join our board of trustees!!!
Deadline: 13th April
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/join...
Join our board of trustees!!!
Deadline: 13th April
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/join...
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: "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/...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
February 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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.
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
@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/...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
February 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@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/...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
@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/...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
@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/...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
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/...
www.itv.com/news/border/...
www.itv.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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/...
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!!!
This was a really inspiring, exhausting but exciting event.
Watch this space and see what we do next!!!
MPS first policy laboratory! Creative innovation in the search of new solutions to financial disadvantage among Migrant Households in Scotland. Because we do more and do better together
@beckakaymcc.bsky.social @financialfairness.bsky.social
@beckakaymcc.bsky.social @financialfairness.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
What a day!!
This was a really inspiring, exhausting but exciting event.
Watch this space and see what we do next!!!
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.
In our latest blog 3 researchers from our core team delivering our project to tackle financial disadvantage in migrant households reflect on their experiences.
Perspectives: Open the Door - Working together to address financial disadvantage in migrant households - Migration Policy Scotland
In this blog our core team of peer researchers from MPS and partner organisations reflect on partnership working and co-delivery of research for change. By Leri Price (MPS Research Assistant); Delia S...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
January 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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!!😀
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
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.
In our latest blog 3 researchers from our core team delivering our project to tackle financial disadvantage in migrant households reflect on their experiences.
Perspectives: Open the Door - Working together to address financial disadvantage in migrant households - Migration Policy Scotland
In this blog our core team of peer researchers from MPS and partner organisations reflect on partnership working and co-delivery of research for change. By Leri Price (MPS Research Assistant); Delia S...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
January 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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.
In our latest blog 3 researchers from our core team delivering our project to tackle financial disadvantage in migrant households reflect on their experiences.
Reposted by Becka Kay McCusker
Migrant in Scotland: join our groundbreaking migrant lived experience panel. A groundbreaking approach to integrating lived experience into policy influencing.
Get paid to help us make migration better!
Deadline 15th January 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/paid...
Get paid to help us make migration better!
Deadline 15th January 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/paid...
Paid Engagement Opportunity with Migration Policy Scotland - Migration Policy Scotland
Apply to join the MPS Migrant Lived Experience Panel Duration: February 2025-August 2026 Migration Policy Scotland is a home for informed responses to migration and the challenges and opportunities it...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
December 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Migrant in Scotland: join our groundbreaking migrant lived experience panel. A groundbreaking approach to integrating lived experience into policy influencing.
Get paid to help us make migration better!
Deadline 15th January 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/paid...
Get paid to help us make migration better!
Deadline 15th January 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/paid...
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.
Good to see: Expanded Migration Service launched this week. Provide information, advice and support to Scottish-based business & prospective and recntly arrived investors and migrants.
**MPS research (with our Migrant LEx Panel) helped shape this service**
www.gov.scot/news/scotlan...
**MPS research (with our Migrant LEx Panel) helped shape this service**
www.gov.scot/news/scotlan...
Scotland’s Migration Service expanded
Advice and support for migrants and employers.
www.gov.scot
November 21, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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.