Overseas net migration to Scotland nearly tripled between 2018 and 2019, from 10,000 to 28,000 (newly-released ONS statistics). To see more on the topic of immigration and Scotland, see our written evidence to a Parliamentary Committee from early 2018.
1. We make this submission after considering reports and official statistics that have been released about Channel crossings, asylum and enforcement in recent months. These include publications by the Home Office (HO), the National Audit Office (NAO), the House of Commons Library, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee and the Independent Chief Inspector of […]
Minister for Immigration Compliance Chris Philp told the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that the government are planning a law change aimed at making it harder for adult asylum seekers to pretend to be children. Last year the UK received more than 3,500 unaccompanied asylum seeking children, the highest number of any country […]