List of Reports

2023

Understanding Migrant Destitution in the UK: Literature review

Lucy Leon

2021

The Experiences of London’s Latin American Migrants during Brexit and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Domiziana Turcatti and Carlos Vargas-Silva

What Works for Improving Refugee Outcomes in High-Income Countries? Policy Insights for the UK

Isabel Ruiz & Carlos Vargas-Silva

2020

Impact of COVID on access to services for irregular migrants

Nicola Delvino and Marie Mallet-Garcia

2019

The Utrecht Refugee Launchpad: Final Evaluation Report

Caroline Oliver, Rianne Dekker & Karin Geuijen

Inclusive Cities: Framework

Jacqui Broadhead and Denis Kierans

Learning from the Inclusive Cities programme: Phase 1

Denis Kierans

Safe Reporting of Crime for Victims and Witnesses with Irregular Migration Status in the United States

Nicola Delvino

Refugees and the UK Labour Market

Zovanga Kone, Isabel Ruiz, Carlos Vargas-Silva

Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe: Guidance for Municipalities

Sarah Spencer and Nicola Delvino

Understanding integration processes: Informing policy and practice

Dr Katharine Charsley & Dr Sarah Spencer

2018

Inclusive Cities: Second Convening

Jacqui Broadhead

The European Union and migrants with irregular status: opportunities and limitations in EU law and policy for European local authorities providing assistance to irregular migrants

Nicola Delvino

Irregular Immigrants and Control Policies in the UK

Franck Duvell

Does Immigration Enforcement Matter (DIEM)? Irregular Immigrants and Control Policies in the UK

Franck Duvell, Myriam Cherti, Irina Lapshyna

Cooperation between government and civil society in the management of migration: Trends, opportunities and challenges in Europe and North America

Sarah Spencer and Nicola Delvino

Bridging European Urban Transformations Workshop Series 2016-2018

Michael Keith & Igor Calzada

Exploiting the Opportunity? Low-Skilled Work Migration After Brexit

Madeleine Sumption and Mariña Fernández-Reino

Net migration in the UK

Madeleine Sumption and Carlos Vargas-Silva

Inclusive Cities US Knowledge Exchange

Jacqui Broadhead

Back to the “Urban Commons”? Social Innovation through New Co-operative Forms in Europe

Michael Keith & Igor Calzada

Unsettled Status? Which EU Citizens are at Risk of Failing to Secure their Rights after Brexit?

Madeleine Sumption

Autumn Academy 2017 Final Report: Strategic Approaches to Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe

Nicola Delvino

2017

Inclusive practices for newcomers at city level and examples of innovation from overseas

Jacqui Broadhead

Location, Location, Location: Should Different Parts of the UK Have Different Immigration Policies?

Madeleine Sumption

European Cities and Migrants with Irregular Status: Municipal initiatives for the inclusion of irregular migrants in the provision of services

Nicola Delvino

Citizenship in a Changing Multi-Scalar Post-Brexit European Context

Michael Keith & Igor Calzada

The challenge of responding to irregular immigration: European, national and local policies addressing the arrival and stay of irregular migrants in the European Union

Nicola Delvino

Irregular Migrants and Rejected Asylum Seekers: Conceptual and Policy Challenges for Europe

Anna Triandafyllidou and Laura Bartolini

African Pentecostal Churches in East London

Leslie Fesenmyer

Comparative International Urban and Living Labs

Michael Keith

Autumn Academy 2016 Final Report: Strategic approaches to Migrant Integration in Europe

Sarah Spencer; with contributing authors: Rachel Humphris & Sian Sanders

European Urban Living Labs As Experimental City-to-City Learning Platforms

Michael Keith & Igor Calzada

Latin Americans in Southwark: Service access and provision

Anna Krausova

Worker, helper, auntie, maid?

Bridget Anderson

2016

Cohesion and Belonging: Lessons Learned Report

Ben Gidley

Cohesion and Belonging: Review of the Evidence

Ben Gidley

Homelessness and Destitution amongst Excluded Migrants: Lessons Learned Report

Jonathan Price

Meeting the challenge: Voluntary sector services for destitute migrant children and families

Jonathan Price

Destination Europe? Understanding the dynamics and drivers of Mediterranean migration in 2015

Heaven Crawley, Franck Düvell, Katharine Jones, Simon McMahon and Nando Sigona

European Smart Citizens as Decision Makers Rather Than Data Providers

Michael Keith & Igor Calzada

Lessons from a City Working Group Model of Learning Exchange

Sarah Spencer

Migrant Parental Engagement in Schools: Lessons Learned Report

Caroline Oliver

Migrant Parental Engagement in Schools: Review of the Literature

Caroline Oliver

Homelessness and Destitution amongst Excluded Migrants: Review of the Literature

Caroline Oliver

Recruitment in Britain: Examining employers’ practices and attitudes to employing UK-born and foreign-born workers

Madeleine Sumption

Recruitment in Britain: Examining employers’ practices and attitudes to employing UK-born and foreign-born workers

Lorna Adams, Andrea Broughton, Marc Cranney, Sarah Dobie, Rachel Marangozov, Yvonni Markaki, Madeleine Sumption

Review of the Research Literature on Integration and Resettlement in Europe and the Impact of Policy Interventions

Caroline Oliver

Strategic Developments on Migrant Integration Policies in Europe

Thomas Huddleston, Judit Tánczos and Alexander Wolffhardt

The impacts of international migration on poverty in the UK

Carlos Vargas-Silva, Yvonni Markaki & Madeleine Sumption

Emigration Trends and Policies in China: Movement of the Wealthy and Highly Skilled

Biao Xiang

Marriage Migration and Integration

Katharine Charsley, Sarah Spencer, Hiranthi Jayaweera, Marta Bolognani & Evelyn Ersanilli

DIEM: Law Enforcement and Immigration Law Enforcement in the UK: Conceptual Framework

Franck Düvell

2015

Access to Healthcare, Insurance Provision and Health Status of Sri Lankan Migrant Domestic Workers

Hiranthi Jayaweera, Elizabeth H. Shlala and the Centre for Women's Research (CENWOR)

Outside and In: Legal Entitlements to Health Care and Education for Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe

Sarah Spencer

Background report: Migrant workers in the UK healthcare sector

Hiranthi Jayaweera

Research Report: Workplace integration of migrant health workers in the UK

Hiranthi Jayaweera & Helen McCarthy

Safeguarding children from destitution: Local authority responses to families with ‘no recourse to public funds’

Sarah Spencer, Jonathan Price

Resident involvement in the London Borough of Southwark

Mette Louise Berg

2014

Big Talk about Big Data: Discourses of “Evidence” and Data in British Civil Society

William Allen

City-Level Responses to Migrant Families with Restricted Access to Welfare Benefits. A European Pilot Study

Sarah Spencer

Bulgarians & Romanians in the British National Press: 1 December 2012 – 1 December 2013

Dora-Olivia Vicol and Will Allen

UPSTREAM: The Politics of Mainstreaming Immigrant Integration Policies. Case study of the United Kingdom

COMPAS Communications

Advancing Outcomes for All Minorities: Experiences of Mainstreaming Immigrant Integration Policy in the United Kingdom

Ben Gidley, Sundas Ali

Integration Disadvantage and Extremism

Ben Gidley and David Feldman (eds.)

The COMPAS Approach

Rob McNeil and COMPAS Communications

Report on the Rights and Obligations of Citizens and Non-Citizens in Selected Countries. Principles of Eligibility Underpinning Access to State Territory, Citizenship and Welfare

Bridget Anderson, Isabel Shutes and Sarah Walker

DIEM: The Legal Context for Immigration Enforcement in the UK

COMPAS Communications

DIEM: The Policy Framework for Immigration Enforcement in the UK

COMPAS Communications

DIEM: Policing, Law Enforcement and Immigration Law Enforcement in the UK: Introduction and Background

COMPAS Communications

Providing Protection. Access to Early Legal Advice for Asylum Seekers

Bridget Anderson and Sue Conlan

EUMIA: Parents on the Spot: Hamburg (Germany)

COMPAS Communications

EUMIA: Danish Simulator: Vejle (Denmark)

COMPAS Communications

EUMIA: Lived Diversity: Vienna (Austria)

COMPAS Communications

Irregular Migrants in Italy: Law and Policy on Entitlements to Services

Sarah Spencer and Nicola Delvino

Local Authority Responses to Migrant Families Who Have ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’. Background Paper

Sarah Spencer

EUMIA: St. George’s Day Festival and Community Development in Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark (United Kingdom)

COMPAS Communications

EUMIA: Democracy for Children’s Future: Visby, Gotland (Sweden)

COMPAS Communications

2013

Migration in the News: Portrayals of Immigrants, Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in National British Newspapers, 2010-2012

William Allen

EUMIA: Researching Functioning Policy Practices in Local Integration in Europe: A Conceptual and Methodological Discussion Paper

Ben Gidley, Ole Jensen, Irene Ponzo, Emanuela Roman, Francesco Tarantino, Ferruccio Pastore

IMPACIM: The Impact of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants. A Comparative Report

COMPAS Communications

IMPACIM: The Impact of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants. Executive Summary

COMPAS Communications

IMPACIM: The Impact of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants. National Report UK

COMPAS Communications

IMPACIM: Mapping the Conditions of Stay and the Rationale for Entitlements and Restrictions for Family Migrants in the United Kingdom

COMPAS Communications

IMPACIM: Country Case Study on the Impacts of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants: Qualitative Findings United Kingdom

COMPAS Communications

IMPACIM: Analysis of Existing Quantitative Data on Family Migration: United Kingdom

COMPAS Communications

Towards a Post-2015 Development Agenda: What Role for Migrant Rights and International Labour Migration?

COMPAS Communications

The Great Migration: Urban Aspirations

Michael Keith

Residential Integration – Towards A Sending Country Perspective

Ben Gidley, Maria Luisa Caputo

2012

Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Identity Language in the British Press: A Case Study in Monitoring and Analysing Print Media

William Allen

AMICALL: Final Transnational Report Executive Summary

Ben Gidley, Elizabeth Collett

AMICALL: Final Evaluation Report

Marjorie Mayo, Alison Rooke

AMICALL: Final Transnational Report

Ben Gidley, Elizabeth Collett

Concordia Discors. Diversity, Cohesion and Change in Two South London Neighbourhoods

COMPAS Communications

EUMAGINE: Perceptions, Imaginations, Life-Satisfaction and Sociodemography: The Case of Ukraine

Franck Düvell,Bastian Vollmer, Yuriy Bilan, Yulia Borshchevska, Iryna Lapshyna, Svitlana Vdovtsova

Impact of Admission Criteria on the Integration of Migrants (IMPACIM). Background Paper and Project Outline

Sarah Spencer and COMPAS Communications

No Way Out, No Way In. Irregular Migrant Children and Families in the UK

COMPAS Communications

No Way Out, No Way In. Irregular Migrant Children and Families in the UK. Executive Summary

COMPAS Communications

AMICALL: Country Report – United Kingdom

Hannah Jones

AMICALL: Country Research Report – United Kingdom

Hannah Jones

2011

Concordia Discors. London Background Report

COMPAS Communications

Thinking Behind the Numbers: Understanding Public Opinion on Immigration in Britain

COMPAS Communications

Equality and Human Rights Commissions in the UK and Ireland: Challenges and Opportunities Compared

Sarah Spencer, Colin Harvey

European Security Challenges. EU-US Immigration Systems

COMPAS Communications

AMICALL: Country Context Paper – UK

COMPAS Communications

2010

EUMAGINE: Ukraine: Country and Research Areas Report

Bastian Vollmer, Yuriy Bilan, Iryna Lapshyna, Svitlana Vdovtsova

An Evidence Base on Migration and Integration in London

COMPAS Communications

2009

The Role of Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Report on Research Findings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States

Sarah Spencer, Susan Martin, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Eamon O’Shea

Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Research Findings in the United Kingdom

Sarah Spencer,Alessio Cangiano,Isabel Shutes, George Leeson

Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Research Findings in the United Kingdom. Executive Summary

Sarah Spencer,Alessio Cangiano,Isabel Shutes, George Leeson

Care and Immigration. Migrant Care Workers in Private Households

Bridget Anderson, Mumtaz Lalani, Lourdes Gordolan

Care and Immigration. Migrant Care Workers in Private Households. Executive Summary

Bridget Anderson, Mumtaz Lalani, Lourdes Gordolan

Recession, Vulnerable Workers and Immigration. Background Report

Bridget Anderson,Ali Rogers, Nick Clark

Migrant Rights, Immigration Policy and Human Development

COMPAS Communications

2008

European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants (CLIP): Evaluation Conference Report 2008 (in German)

Wolfgang Bosswick

Clandestino: Ethical Issues in Irregular Migration Research

Franck Düvell, Bastian Vollmer, Anna Triandafyllidou

Clandestino: Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable. Data and Trends across Europe: Country Report – UK

COMPAS Communications

Equality and Diversity in Jobs and Services: City Policies for Migrants in Europe

Sarah Spencer

Equality and Diversity in Jobs and Services: City Policies for Migrants in Europe. Summary

Sarah Spencer

Employment Support Services and Migrant Integration in the UK Labour Market

Alessio Cangiano

Diversity in the Labour Market: The Legal Framework and Support Services for Migrants entitled to work in the United Kingdom

Alison Hunter

Migrant Workers and Vulnerable Employment: A Review of Existing Data

COMPAS Communications

Immigration, Faith and Cohesion. Evidence from Local Areas with Significant Muslim Populations

Hiranthi Jayaweera, Tufyal Choudhury

Identifying Skilled Occupations Where Migration Can Sensibly Help to Fill Labour Shortages

Martin Ruhs (Member, Migration Advisory Committee)

Transit, Migration and Politics: Trends and Constructions on the Fringes of Europe

COMPAS Communications

New EU Members? Migrant Workers’ Challenges and Opportunities to UK Trades Unions: a Polish and Lithuanian Case Study

Bridget Anderson, Nick Clark, Violetta Parutis

2007

Forced Labour and Migration to the UK

Bridget Anderson, Ben Rogaly

The Market for Migrant Domestic and Sex Workers

Bridget Anderson, Julia O’Connell Davidson

The Market for Migrant Domestic and Sex Workers. Executive Summary

Bridget Anderson, Julia O’Connell Davidson

New Complexities of Cohension in Britatin: Super-diversity, Transnationalism and Civil-Integration

COMPAS Communications

Migrants’ Lives Beyond the Workplace. The Experiences of Central and East Europeans in the UK

Bridget Anderson,Martin Ruhs,Sarah Spencer, Ben Rogaly

2006

Fair Enough? Central and East European Migrants in Low-Wage Employment in the UK

Bridget Anderson, Martin Ruhs, Sarah Spencer, Ben Rogaly

Changing Status, Changing Lives? Methods, Participants and Lessons Learnt

Bridget Anderson, Martin Ruhs, Sarah Spencer, Ben Rogaly

Migration and Integration: The Impact of NGOs on Future Policy Development in Ireland

Sarah Spencer

Migration and Integration: The Impact of NGOs on Future Policy Development in Ireland. Executive Summary

Sarah Spencer

Delivering Equality: Towards an Outcome- Focused Positive Duty

Sarah Spencer, Sandra Fredman

Social Integration of Migrants in Europe: A Review of the European Literature 2000-2006

Sarah Spencer, Betsy Cooper

Refugees and Other New Migrants: A Review of the Evidence on Successful Approaches to Integration

Sarah Spencer (ed.)

Managing Migration in Ireland: A Social and Economic Analysis

Martin Ruhs (author Chapters 3 and 7)

Scottish Graduate Migration and Retention: A Case Study of the University of Edinburgh 2000 Cohort

Katharine Charsley, Ross Bond, Sue Grundy

The Contribution of the Voluntary Sector to Migrant Integration in Europe

Sarah Spencer, Sarah Cooke

2005

Designing Viable and Ethical Labour Immigration Policies

Martin Ruhs

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-DRC) and Republic of Congo (Congo) Country Study

Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Fiji Country Study

Robert Norton

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Ghana Country Study

Adam Higazi

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Senegal Country Study

Barbara Jettinger

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Somalia Country Study

Anna Lindley

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Sudan Country Study

Stephanie Riak Akuei

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Surinam Country Study

Mies van Niekerk

Informal Remittance Systems in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries: Synthesis Study

Nicholas Van Hear,Frank Pieke, Anna Lindley

Promoting Knowledge Exchange Through Diaspora Networks (The Case of People’s Republic of China)

Biao Xiang

Managing the Immigration and Employment of non-EU Nationals in Ireland

Martin Ruhs

Managing the Immigration and Employment of non-EU Nationals in Ireland. Executive Summary

Martin Ruhs

Developing DfID’s Policy Approach to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. Volume I: Consultancy Report and Policy Recommendations

Nicholas Van Hear, Stephen Castles

The Regularisation of Unauthorized Migrants: Literature Survey and Country Case Studies

Amanda Levinson

2004

The Contribution of UK-Based Diasporas to Development and Poverty Reduction

Nicholas Van Hear

Introductory Programmes and Initiatives for New Migrants in Europe

Sarah Spencer, Anna di Mattia

Is Trafficking in Human Beings Demand Driven? A Multi-Country Pilot Study

Bridget Anderson, Julia O’Connell Davidson

2003

Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes: Policies, Adverse Consequences, and the Need to Make Them Work

Martin Ruhs