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Engaging with immigration policy on the ground: a study of Local Authorities in Scotland

Engaging with immigration policy on the ground: a study of Local Authorities in Scotland
Engaging with immigration policy on the ground: a study of Local Authorities in Scotland
This paper focuses on how policies and practices relating to immigration are developed at the local level. It explores how Local Authorities in Scotland plan for and respond to international migration. The Scottish Government has made it clear that it is keen to attract migrants to Scotland and that it would be more proactive in this if it had the relevant policy levers. However it is Local Authorities that need to respond to inflows of migrants in terms of issues such as service provision or community cohesion. This research was carried out as part of the ESRC Future of the UK and Scotland programme and focussed on 16 Local Authority areas, ranging from cities to remote regions. It raises questions about how the cogent arguments of local policy makers can be better represented in national debates about immigration policy.
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ESRC Centre for Population Change
Packwood, Helen
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Findlay, Allan
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Packwood, Helen, Findlay, Allan and McCollum, David , Dey, Rebecca (ed.) (2014) Engaging with immigration policy on the ground: a study of Local Authorities in Scotland (ESRC Centre for Population Change Briefing Papers, 19) Southampton, GB. ESRC Centre for Population Change 4pp.

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Abstract

This paper focuses on how policies and practices relating to immigration are developed at the local level. It explores how Local Authorities in Scotland plan for and respond to international migration. The Scottish Government has made it clear that it is keen to attract migrants to Scotland and that it would be more proactive in this if it had the relevant policy levers. However it is Local Authorities that need to respond to inflows of migrants in terms of issues such as service provision or community cohesion. This research was carried out as part of the ESRC Future of the UK and Scotland programme and focussed on 16 Local Authority areas, ranging from cities to remote regions. It raises questions about how the cogent arguments of local policy makers can be better represented in national debates about immigration policy.

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Published date: 26 June 2014
Organisations: Social Statistics & Demography, Centre for Population Change

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Local EPrints ID: 366396
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/366396
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Date deposited: 27 Jun 2014 10:58
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 17:07

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Author: Helen Packwood
Author: Allan Findlay
Author: David McCollum
Editor: Rebecca Dey

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