News Summary - Scotland Immigration

           Scotland’s population has significantly declined between 1981 and 2003.  In an effort to raise the population of Scotland, the Scottish government is weighing the pros and cons of allowing immigration.  The advantage of passing this law would offer incentives to immigrants that include setting a minimum salary so they can live a fair lifestyle.  Since Scotland has a land border with Britain, the disadvantage is that these immigrants could travel and migrate to Britain.  The British do not support this notion of immigrants in their country.  According to the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, "75% of English and Welsh people want fewer people in their countries."

News article link - http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21596541-immigration-worries-scots-less-other-britons-could-change-wish-you-were-here?zid=307&ah=5e80419d1bc9821ebe173f4f0f060a07

            Since the Scottish population is so small, the demand for all goods decreased.  When there are more people in an economy, more people will be willing to pay for the goods.  When demand decreases, the price and the quantity of the good also decrease.  Though the economy is not doing well, sellers had to reduce the price of the goods in order to sell any of their products at all.

            The decline in the economy of Scotland led to families having less and less children, which directly affected the population.  Because the economy was so bad, families could not afford to have children because they could not support them.  As a result, this affected the long-term population of Scotland.  By passing the laws for immigration, I believe that this will not only increase the Scottish population, but increase the economy as well.  This economy has not been successful in recent years because there is a shortage of Scots, and they cannot support the whole economy by themselves.  By migrating immigrants to Scotland, they will have jobs and will be able to buy goods, which in turn will positively affect the economy.  Now if this happens to several immigrants, there will definitely be a positive trend in the economy.