Inclusion Criteria |
 1. Included refugees, asylum-seekers and/or undocumented migrantsa |
 2. Focused on the parenthood experience (i.e., experience of becoming a parent and/or raising and caring for children)b |
 3. Was empirical research (i.e., dissertations or published journal articles; excluded commentaries, theoretical/discussion papers, reviews, books, book reviews, editorials, conference abstracts/proceedings, or newspaper/magazine articles) |
 4. Qualitative or mixed methods research designs that had qualitative data reported as themes |
 5. Was written in English or French |
 6. Published between January 2006 to January 2016 (search updated to also include literature from period of January 2016 to February 2017 inclusive) |
Exclusion Criteria |
 1. Examined the migration-parenthood experience only in the context of illness or disability (child or parent) |
 2. Described only the experience of transnational parenting (i.e., parents who migrated and were parenting from a distance, children who remained in the country of origin)c |
 3. Focused on parenting styles and (cultural) beliefs without any reference to how migration had an influence on parenting practices and beliefs |
 4. Described the behaviors, actions, experiences of migrant parents in a new country without any mention of the role of migration on these |
 5. Studied the migration-parenthood experience only from the perspective of a healthcare professional/service-provider and/or children. Or the text/media (data sources) were not produced by parents |
 6. Tested a parenting intervention |
 7. Described the development of an instrument |