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Why BAME politicians are pushing harsh immigration policies

July 14, 2023 by Neema Begum Michael Bankole and Rima Saini Leave a Comment

“The illegal migration bill comes just a year after Patel led the passage of the Nationality and Borders Act. Both policies are designed to keep out outsiders, many of whom are black or brown. It is contradictory that the ministers responsible for these policies are descendants of immigrants themselves.”

Is Scotland really open to immigrants?

December 10, 2021 by Marcus Nicolson 1 Comment

my own

“Despite these barriers and traumatic experiences, the young adult migrants we spoke with strongly believed that Scotland was welcoming to everyone because the country “needs more people” and because they had been given equal opportunities to study and work.”

Mixed messages on migration

June 12, 2020 by Mark Lazarowicz Leave a Comment

Hostile Environment

Why will EU citizens find it more difficult to come to the UK to live and work after the end of the transition period? Because UK policy and laws will be designed to deter them – along with others – from coming here.

We must do more than clap for our migrant carers

April 20, 2020 by Mark Lazarowicz Leave a Comment

‘And wouldn’t it be a really effective way for the government to show its gratitude to migrant health workers to do more than just ‘clap for the NHS’ but to waive that immigration health surcharge at least for those migrant workers who are playing such a vital role in the NHS and other public services, risking their lives, at this time of crisis?’

Migration is vital for Scotland

December 1, 2019 by Sceptical Scot Editors 1 Comment

Immigration is not the salient issue in GE2019 it was in GE2017 but Scotland’s need for significant net migration is stronger than ever – as Jonathan Portes and Graeme Roy discuss separately here.

A new Australian-style immigration system?

September 30, 2019 by Eve Hepburn 3 Comments

Would an Aussie-style immigration system work for Scotland? ‘Until the UK Government publishes more details on how it plans to use a points-based system… we will not fully know the implications of such a system…’

Legal illegal immigration

May 10, 2019 by Danny Murphy Leave a Comment

‘This is a price the UK pays for the worldwide use of English, a price generally considered worth paying for the many uncosted, and generally unacknowledged, benefits it brings to the UK, both economically and culturally.’

Syrian, Scottish, British

January 20, 2019 by Lina Fadel 1 Comment

‘I knew I was a citizen when I lost sleep over Brexit, full of regret at not being able to vote. I knew I belonged when I held my baby boy for the first time in a maternity ward in Edinburgh, and when he said his first English word.’

After Brexit: Scotland’s struggle to compete for migrant workers

July 30, 2018 by Rebecca Kay Leave a Comment

‘Whatever programme is adopted after Brexit, the UK as a whole and Scotland will have to compete with other countries for migrant workers. For EU citizens, other countries within the EU where free movement still exists will become more attractive.’

Refugee feeds tourists: Imad’s Syrian Kitchen

July 11, 2018 by Fay Young Leave a Comment

Syrian starters of many colours laid out in bowls on a table

One diner’s casual satisfaction is another’s fight to survive. Deeply aware of being a tourist in an age of mass migration, Fay Young enjoys one of the best meals of her life cooked by a warm-hearted refugee in Imad’s Syrian Kitchen.

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