The Politics of Immigration in Scotland.

Considering that immigration policy is one of the most prominent constitutionally "reserved" areas, which Westminster and not Holyrood controls, in what sense is there, or can there be, a "politics" of immigration in Scotland? But while the political consensus with respect to immigration extends across all the main political parties in Scotland, its presentation as an issue which underscores a distinct social and political context which should most appropriately be represented by independent statehood is of course most obviously advocated by the SNP and the other main pro-independence party, the Scottish Green Party. Since for much of its history Scotland has been characterised by substantial net I emigration i , and thus concern has often focused on how this outmigration might be reversed or at least mitigated, why should we also consider the political shaping of immigration in Scotland?. [Extracted from the article]