on the margins of vs at the margins of

Both "on the margins of" and "at the margins of" are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to indicate being close to the edge or boundary of something.

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on the margins of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate being close to the edge or boundary of something, either physically or metaphorically.

Examples:

The small village is located on the margins of the forest.
Her ideas were always on the margins of mainstream thought.
Living on the margins of society can be challenging.
The company operates on the margins of profitability.
The painting was on the margins of the canvas.

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We also have them on the margins of history.
The struggle to survive on the margins of society
Moreover, this issue was raised on the margins of the Council meeting of 15 February 2007 in Brussels, when it came up during lunch.
During the course of contacts made by the delegation of MEPs on the margins of the 64th meeting of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Istanbul, 25-26 May 2010), a number of human rights organisations drew our attention once more to the case of Pinar Selek.
I believe that this matter is fundamental and cannot remain on the margins of this Council.
We met in Bordeaux, on the margins of an education conference held by the French Presidency.
Despite the policies implemented by the EU, a large number of immigrants currently live on the margins of society.
Just because our statistics for growth and employment are satisfactory overall, that is no reason to forget that far too many people still live on the margins of society.
Portugal has excellent healthcare and excellent healthcare professionals, and cannot remain on the margins of this important project.
Thirty-four per cent of the population of Latvia currently survives on subsistence income and on the margins of poverty.
The majority of these people live in conditions of extreme poverty and on the margins of society, with limited access to employment and health care.
The relationship that exists between gender issues and trade is not only economically important, but also sadly reflects a culture found in various parts of the world, where women are still on the margins of society.
The European Union numbers eighteen million unemployed and fifty million outcasts, living on the margins of our society, on the threshold of poverty.
Their dependency is further aggravated by the fact that a considerable number of migrants live on the margins of society and their access to public, political and economic life is very limited.
Six million youngsters leave school without qualifications, 72 million live in poverty on the margins of society and Europe even has 14 million working poor.
The recent trials were also raised forcefully by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner in her bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Khiem on 28 May 2007, on the margins of the ASEM ministerial meeting in Hamburg.
Calls on the Member States to engage meaningfully in the stocktaking exercise by actively participating in the official panel discussions as well as the events organised by civil society (and other stakeholders) on the margins of the official conference;
On the margins of the European Ombudsman's annual activity report, allow me, as the author of Parliament's opinion on public access to documents, to say a few words about institutional transparency.
Mr President, on the question of whether we are prepared to receive the opposition on Monday on the margins of the GAERC meeting, this is an interesting suggestion.
Pressure fractures on the margins of the orbits.

Alternatives:

at the margins of

at the margins of