New Scots are people of any background who have
immigrate
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
d to
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
.
The term is used to describe new immigrants from anywhere outside of Scotland. The underlying principle of the term is that national identity is a matter of choice rather than an accident of birth.
See also
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Demographics of Scotland
The demography of Scotland includes all aspects of population, past and present, in the area that is now Scotland. Scotland has a population of 5,463,300, as of 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum according ...
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Scottish Asian
Scottish Asian (Asian-Scottish or Asian-Scots) is a term defined within the 2011 Scottish census as including people of Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani or other Asian ancestry resident in Scotland. Their parents or grandparents are norma ...
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Black Scottish people
Bibliography
* Bashir Maan, ''The New Scots: The Story of Asians in Scotland'', John Donald Publishers Ltd (29 Aug 1997),
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Bashabi Fraser
Bashabi Fraser (born 1954) is an Indian-born Scottish academic, editor, translator, and writer. She is a Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for South Asian Stud ...
(Photography by Hermann Rodrigues) ''Ragas and Reels- Collection of poems telling the stories told in Hermann Rodrigues intricate portraits on The Scots Asian Diaspora'' Luath Press Publishers Ltd. (1 Aug 2012),
Immigration to Scotland
Demographics of Scotland
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