Immigration

Andy Burnham, left, and Shabana Mahmood

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is arguably the individual most responsible for Brexit, but that's not the worst thing he has done, says Ian Johnston. Picture: Carl Court

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Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, which was created by the resignation of Keir Starmer, last week (Picture: Peter Nicholls)

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A young girl called Daria plays with Peppa Pig toys at an international toy fair in Germany (Picture: Christof Stache)

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Wearing balaclavas to hide their identities, anti-immigration protesters stage a counter-demonstration during an anti-racism rally in Glasgow in June (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why young men are drawn to violent, extreme right-wing causes Tom Wood

Kelly Hardman is a Director at global immigration advisers Fragomen in Scotland

Scotland needs its own system of immigration

Migrants aboard a smugglers' boat attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, in July (Picture: Francois Lo Presti)

What would stop the boats: a National Rally government in France Brian Monteith

Exclusive SNP call on Andy Burnham to consider Scottish visa immigration plans

Scotland's falling birth rate will have serious effects on the size of its economy unless migrants fill the gaps (Picture: Didier Pallages)

How SNP political games may scupper hopes for new Scottish visa Scotsman comment

Buchanan Street in Glasgow's city centre. PIC: John Linton/PA Wire

Exclusive Half of Scots cut back on spending and leisure activities

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the Legacy Museum.

The US lawyer bringing slavery museum to Scotland

Opposing groups gathered outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk

Surge in protests costs Police Scotland more than £1m in overtime

A police officer stands between groups of rival protesters outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Shocking number of protests putting unfair burden on police officers Scotsman comment

Oil rigs anchored in the Cromarty Firth, Invergordon

Trump says Burnham told him he will ‘open up North Sea oil’

Unlike some parts of the country, the Western Isles actively wants incomers to help counter the depopulation (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

A salutary Western Isles lesson for one side of the immigration debate Scotsman comment

Scotland faces population decline unless migration can be boosted as the number of people coming to Scotland stalls

Stalling migration to Scotland and the 'critical shortage' of workers

Andy Burnham, arrives at Millbank studios in Westminster, London, earlier this month

Burnham under pressure to drop Starmer's 'reckless migration plans'

Reform UK deputy leader in Scotland, Thomas Kerr

Reform MSP issues misinformation warning after Glasgow disorder

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull argues that centre-right parties’ 'only real political equity' is based on running the economy well (Picture: David Gray)

'Digging their own grave': Tories must heed warning from Australia Ian Johnston

A protester makes a point at a rally organised by Stand Up to Racism in Edinburgh earlier this year (Picture: Jane Barlow)

We must all oppose poisonous rhetoric that's driving racist violence Jane Meagher

Andy Burnham takes a selfie in Westminster Hall with his new Labour parliamentary colleagues.

Burnham enters amid hope - but not euphoria - as his real test begins Brian Wilson

Investigative reporter and TV presenter Roger Cook

The Cook Report investigative journalist Roger Cook dies aged 83

First Minister John Swinney

John Swinney accuses Reform UK of inciting racial division in Scotland

Reform candidate Thomas Kerr, Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, UK leader Nigel Farage, chairman Dr David Bull, and candidate Graham Simpson on stage at the P&J Live in Aberdeen.

John Curtice: Reform voters want the Britain of 30 years ago

Immigration has long been an major issue in British politics (Picture: Oli Scarff)

Anti-immigration politics poses risk to £42bn from overseas students Scotsman comment

UK Government changes to the visa system for international students have been designed with controlling immigration in mind (Picture: Oli Scarff)

Strict new foreign student visa system risks damaging universities Professor James A Miller

Former Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater MSP, Q Manivannan MSP, and North East MSP Maggie Chapman.

Green candidate says she was blocked over visa status

King Charles III and Queen Camilla ahead of the King's Speech.

Explainer Five ways the King's Speech will impact Scots: From touts to business

Child survivors pictured at Auschwitz-Birkenau, a Nazi complex that included a killing centre, a labour camp and a concentration camp, in 1945 (Picture: Alexander Vorontsov/Galerie Bilderwelt)

Reform-Green 'concentration camp' culture war is last thing we need Scotsman comment

Graveyards are already busier than maternity wards in Scotland and a similar picture is emerging across the UK (Picture: Patricia Payne/Historic England/Heritage Images)

Why Scotland's looming population crisis is a warning to voters Scotsman comment

Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

Veganism and getting Irn Bru to Russia - the small parties standing

Nigel Farage addresses a crowd ahead of the UK's departure from the EU at a Brexit Day Celebration Party on January 31, 2020, in London. Celebrations since then have been muted. (Picture: Leon Neal)

Despite latest 'betrayal', Brexit is still blighting Scotland and UK Scotsman comment

Reform candidate Thomas Kerr, Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, UK leader Nigel Farage, chairman Dr David Bull, and candidate Graham Simpson on stage at the P&J Live in Aberdeen.

Analysis Reform brought the fireworks - and tartan ties - to Aberdeen rally

Stephen Jardine on the set of Debate Night

I'll hold feet to the fire, says host of first big Holyrood TV debate

Exclusive Election Diary: Sensitive Swinney, and sunshine on [redacted]

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage: All mass public religious observances should be banned

Anti-asylum protestors in Falkirk.

Swinney: Some anti-asylum protestors are flouting hate crime laws

Sheep farmers need sheep shearers but the government's stance on immigration is set to make things difficult (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How Labour's immigration obsession is hurting Scotland's sheep farmers Alistair Carmichael

Gerard Burns art exhibition celebrates Glasgow's immigrant women

Donald Trump's style of politics is coming to the UK if Reform wins power (Picture: Alex Wong)

Reform UK must reject racism as it pursues Donald Trump's playbook Henry McLeish

A view inside a hospital ward

Exclusive NHS and cost of living to 'define' Holyrood election, survey shows

A protester makes a point as they take part in an anti-immigration protest march in Dover (Picture: Niklas Halle'n)

Our immigration obsession is bringing about the ruination of Britain
Driven by anti-immigration sentiment, Brexit has damaged the UK economy and Reform UK’s plans for a crackdown would inflict even more pain
Ian Johnston

From Wednesday, dual citizens arriving in the UK will have to present a passport issued by His Majesty’s Government or risk being denied entry (Picture: Justin Tallis)

Amid record immigration, I've no sympathy for moaning dual nationals Stephen Jardine

Slovenian Benjamin Sesko, left, scores for Manchester United against West Ham on Tuesday (Picture: Adam Davy)

Jim Ratcliffe should look at Man U team to learn value of immigrants Scotsman comment

People protest outside the Minnesota State Capitol following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Saint Paul, Minnesota (Picture: Charly Triballeau)

Scotland faces Minnesota-style chaos as Farage plots mass deportations Henry McLeish

John Swinney’s Government has regularly criticised UK immigration policy

Exclusive SNP adviser accused of 'undermining officials' over immigration

A large crowd of people in Glasgow's Kenmure Street prevented efforts to deport two men (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why the film 'Everybody to Kenmure Street' is an inspiration to all Janet Christie

Many in Scotland may like to think this country welcomes migrants but attitudes are changing (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Reform's anti-migrant stance turning Scotland into unfriendly place Adam Morris

The UK economy needs migrant workers (Picture: Daniel Leal)

Why football and business agree about the importance of immigration Scotsman comment

Saltire flags in Falkirk amid protests against asylum seekers (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Anti-migrant saltire protests make me long for new 'grand old flag' Joe Goldblatt

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Photo: Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images

Analysis John Swinney keeping election focus off NHS will be fatal for Labour

The disappointing news for Nigel Farage is that the vast majority of migrants are successfully assimilated and quickly start to make useful contributions to society (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Dear Nigel, my doctor hasn't 'culturally smashed' any part of Scotland Brian Wilson

The people whose racist abuse prompted the cancellation of a school's Christmas play may wish to remember that Mary and Joseph were refugees (Picture: Fox Photos)

We can’t let ignorant racist fools tell Scotland's schools what to do Cameron Wyllie

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage says immigrants are 'culturally smashing' Glasgow

Saltires have been removed to make way for Christmas lights.

Threats against council workers removing flags branded 'disgraceful'

The Southport riots are an example of what can happen when people believe online misinformation (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Why anti-immigration 'British patriots' may not be what they seem Dr Paul Reilly

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