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Health systems struggle with providing specific care to these populations due to specific health needs compounded by language, cultural and literacy barriers. Primary care offers critical opportunities for healthcare providers to address specific health inequities that asylum seekers and refugees face. Understanding provider experiences is essential to determine how health systems support their staff, caring for asylum seeking and refugee populations. Objective This review will investigate the experiences of primary and community healthcare providers across different European countries, providing care to asylum seekers and refugees, and the factors which influence these experiences. Method The scoping review will follow the methodology from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), alongside Arksey &amp; O\u2019Malley\u2019s framework. The primary research question asks, \u201cWhat are the experiences of healthcare staff while providing care to asylum seekers and refugees in primary and community settings?\u201d. Secondary questions will explore contextual differences amongst professions and countries. Studies published between 2015 to 2025 will be searched across PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, PsycINFO and BASE databases, alongside grey literature and citation searches. Data extraction will include information on the key aspects that shape experiences alongside potential challenges that have been documented. Comparisons will be made on the differences observed across professional roles and national contexts. Stakeholders have been consulted and will be presented with the findings for their interpretation into relevance and applicability across various contexts. Conclusion This review aims to produce a synthesis of the experiences, and their influencing factors, for primary health providers caring for asylum seekers and refugees across European countries. 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