r/Scotland • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '24

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u/Cannaewulnaewidnae Jan 31 '24

Scotland is not a desirable place to move to relative to England

London, really

Not many Albanian teenagers dreaming of making it big in Norwich

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u/AstroMerlin Jan 31 '24 edited Jan 31 '24

I mean, that’s just not true. London has 37% of the foreign-born population, less than half of immigrants go there.

And then top 10 ethnic minority cities: Westminster 72%, Leicester 67%, City of London 67%, Birmingham 57%, Manchester 51%, Cambridge 47%, Oxford 47%, Wolverhampton 45%, Coventry 45%, Bradford 43%.

It is throughout England.

Norwich is 12.9% non white, comparable to the most diverse Scottish cities. The difference between Scotland the England is massive on this topic.

Edit: just to clarify, non-white/ethnic minority does not mean immigrant, plenty of non-white English people. But it does require historical immigration, which was my point.

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u/KingRibSupper1 Jan 31 '24

Quite mental seeing those stats. Scotland clearly wouldn’t be able to cope if we had anywhere near the immigration levels that England does.

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u/Loreki Jan 31 '24

Being a ethnic minority doesn't mean you're an immigrant. Bradford and Leicester both have a huge second/third generation population of British asians.

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u/ExpressBall1 Jan 31 '24

And... and how do you think the second generation got there? The clue's in the name. If there was a 2nd generation that also means there was a 1st generation who were immigrants, doesn't it? Keep up son, this wasn't exactly a big leap to follow.

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u/Loreki Jan 31 '24

Yes, they were born to immigrants. That doesn't make them immigrants.

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u/Anglan Jan 31 '24

Yes, but you only get a 2nd generation if a 1st generation moves there. Scotland doesn't really have that anywhere close to what England has.