Migrant integration processes and analysis are complicated by various divisions of powers and responsibilities between levels of government in different nation-states. While the concept of multi-level governance has been used to describe policy-making processes between levels of government within the European Union, the lack of direct European Union role on migration issues in the UK may question its utility regarding UK migration issues. This paper looks at integration policy in Scotland and the UK. The focus is on refugees as the only migrant group with integration strategies at both the UK and Scottish levels, and does so by examining both the official division of powers in this transversal policy issue between Scotland and the United Kingdom as well as some of the areas of blurred boundaries between what is a reserved power and what is a devolved power and some of the potential policy influences of the EU.
