The unprecedented speed and scale of transnational migration are giving rise to complex, often contradictory, discourses, politics, policies, and practices. On the one hand, there is global competition for talents that seems to be breaking down gender, racial and ethnic hierarchies on which older migration regimes were built. *** PROGRAMME UPDATED ***

A University of Glasgow professor and human rights advocate will lead the partnership supporting refugees and asylum seekers rebuilding their lives in Scotland, it was announced today (1 May 2018).

Professor Alison Phipps will take over as the Chair of the New Scots Core Group at the end of this month.