Abstract
The need to assess the migrant entrepreneurship realm among scholars and practitioners worldwide is gaining strength to strength. Hence, there has been an increasing interest in understanding migrant entrepreneurship communities and migration drivers (Vershinina & Cruz, 2021). Despite such interests, little has been done to respond to the challenges of migrant entrepreneurs and the ways to deal with pertinent issues. Migrant entrepreneurs are not always given the right opportunities to succeed and advance their quality of life. They intend to co-exist and get integrated gradually in each society. The whole notion of migrant entrepreneurship is not a new phenomenon and neither considered exhaustible. Questions about migrant entrepreneurs and their economic and social activities are continually debated upon. Notably, migration and entrepreneurship as a global phenomenon is still perceived as one of the most prominent issues in today’s world shaped by history and prehistory. Generally, migration as a concept has always been part of human activity engineered by various forms including fragmented markets, social, economic, political instabilities, and scarcity of resources (Mihi-Ramirez & Kumpikaite, 2014; Agyeman, 2011). The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) indicates that in 2020, the global estimate of international migrants was about 281 million which compares to 3.6% of the global population (IOM, 2022). The United Nations (2020) argues that most international migrants reside in Asia and Europe (31% each), followed by Northern America (21%), Africa (9%), Latin America and the Caribbean (5%), and Oceania (3%) (UN, 2020). According to the Office for National Statistics (2023), net migration comprised of 606,000 people in 2022 with 1.2 million entering the UK of which 925,000 were non-EU natives. Such influx of migrants came from countries torn apart by war, i.e. Ukraine and the wave of immigration from Hong Kong. As the demographic figures increase and shifts in global economy take place including the labour market, the standards of living rise and the number of global migrants will continue to grow all the time.