New Scots is a term sometimes used to describe people of any nationality who have

immigrate Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short-t ...

d or moved to

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. The term has a basis in Scottish Government policy geared towards welcoming refugees and economic migrants and is widely used in modern Scottish media and culture. Anyone of any incomer nationality can describe themselves as a 'New Scot' from the first day they arrive without affecting their existing nationality.

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The history of

Scottish people Scottish people or Scots (; ) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who f ...

s includes a mixture of immigrants from outside of Scotland. However, the term New Scots has been used to describe new immigrants since the twentieth century after the Second World War, with the increase of settled immigrants from other parts of the world and especially after the decolonisation period of the mid 20th century, as well as more modern refugee 'crises' of the 21st century. In the 2000s, the Scottish government has also employed the term in official documents, speaking both in terms of the new talent immigrants bring to Scotland and those who come as refugees and asylum seekers.

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Immigration to Scotland Demographics of Scotland {{Scotland-stub

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