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08-25-2008, 05:48 AM
Scottish Immigration Needed to Save Future Economy
By Robbie Ragless
Global Visas, August 18, 2008
http://www.globalvisas.com/news/scottish_immigration_needed_to_save_future_economy 393.html
In order for Scotland to continue to prosper on an economic scale an influx of immigrants is needed. This is according to a government funded report by Fraser of Allander Institute.
It has been estimated that as many as 20 000 immigrants are needed each year for the next thirty years, if Scotland wants to avoid massive labour shortages that will not only affect the county's economy but also harm the countries competitiveness as a whole. And it is believed that it is the construction fishing industries that will suffer the most, so says www.timesonline.co.uk.
Last year more than 26 000 people came to Scotland than those that left. But these numbers are not set to continue if the already slowing numbers of foreign arrivals is anything to go by.
As the report states, the working age population will drop by 14% by 2040 and employment will fall by 9% unless Scotland begin to focus on attracting more immigrants.
But with the strength of the Euro the prospects of earning pounds in Scotland or the whole of the United Kingdom, will not be as popular as before and Scotland's rising birth rate is seen as insufficient to curb the overall population decline.
According to Kim Swales, co-author of the report, 'It would be very wrong to assume that the current level of migration is going to be maintained. It seems very unlikely that will be the case.'
A points-based system that focuses on the Scotland's financial and demographic needs has been suggested as a solution.
By Robbie Ragless
Global Visas, August 18, 2008
http://www.globalvisas.com/news/scottish_immigration_needed_to_save_future_economy 393.html
In order for Scotland to continue to prosper on an economic scale an influx of immigrants is needed. This is according to a government funded report by Fraser of Allander Institute.
It has been estimated that as many as 20 000 immigrants are needed each year for the next thirty years, if Scotland wants to avoid massive labour shortages that will not only affect the county's economy but also harm the countries competitiveness as a whole. And it is believed that it is the construction fishing industries that will suffer the most, so says www.timesonline.co.uk.
Last year more than 26 000 people came to Scotland than those that left. But these numbers are not set to continue if the already slowing numbers of foreign arrivals is anything to go by.
As the report states, the working age population will drop by 14% by 2040 and employment will fall by 9% unless Scotland begin to focus on attracting more immigrants.
But with the strength of the Euro the prospects of earning pounds in Scotland or the whole of the United Kingdom, will not be as popular as before and Scotland's rising birth rate is seen as insufficient to curb the overall population decline.
According to Kim Swales, co-author of the report, 'It would be very wrong to assume that the current level of migration is going to be maintained. It seems very unlikely that will be the case.'
A points-based system that focuses on the Scotland's financial and demographic needs has been suggested as a solution.