Migrants push Scots population up to record 5.25 million

[joebloggs]

SCOTLAND is becoming a “destination for migrants” which has driven the population to a record 5.25 million, official figures have shown.


http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/migrants-push-scots-population-up-to-record-5-25-million-1-2330398

[Dedworth]

The contribution that “new Scots” make was welcomed by the Scottish Government yesterday, which said they are vital to the economy.

Haven't we heard a similar line to this before :laugher:

[bigmarco]

The number of people living in Scotland who were born outside the UK is estimated to be 334,000. The most common country of origin is Poland with about 62,000 Poles in Scotland. There are 26,000 people from India, 21,000 from the Irish Republic, as well as 20,000 Germans and 17,000 from Pakistan.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/migrants-push-scots-population-up-to-record-5-25-million-1-2330398

334,000 isn't that many. We have more than that is South London:icon_lol::icon_lol:

[lastlid]

There's a lot of Poles in Aberdeen. I can confirm that.

[Dedworth]

334,000 isn't that many. We have more than that is South London:icon_lol::icon_lol:

And thats just the legal ones :icon_lol: