Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Qualitative or mixed-methods studies with a qualitative component • Peer reviewed articles • Exploring any aspect of migrant women's experiences of maternity care in the host country • Study undertaken in Europe • Published within the last 10 years (from 2007 onwards) • Studies focussed on women described as migrants, refugees or asylum seekers, including undocumented migrants • Where both first and second-generation migrants were included within a study, the study was included but where possible only the views of the first-generation migrant women were included • Where studies included both the experiences of migrant women and health care professionals, only the views of the migrant women were included • No language restrictions were put in place

• Internal migrants (eg rural to urban) • Migration status unclear (eg. studies of ethnic minorities women with no reference to migration status) • Non peer-reviewed articles eg commentaries, editorials, reports, books, protocols and theses/dissertations • Systematic reviews and reviews—however their references were systematically searched • Studies focussed solely on women's experiences of interventions