Scotland has its own immigration debate. It doesn’t want fewer migrants, it wants more. The challenge is how to get them.
There are three barriers. The first is that Holyrood lacks any control over immigration, which is reserved to Westminster. As it stands, the number and type of people allowed into the United Kingdom is decided in London, and the Scottish government has no input into this decision other than in an advisory capacity.
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