Rob Connell, prospective SNP candidate as MP for Edinburgh South constituency, argues that the capital city is heading for a major demographic time-bomb if it is constrained by UK immigration policy post-Brexit

EDINBURGH, and Scotland as a whole, is developing a serious immigration problem. 

Just over one million EU citizens have so far applied for UK settlement status

Following revelations that hundreds of child victims of modern slavery have been refused asylum, SNP MP calls on the prime minister to apologise

"[Trump] telling elected politicians - or any other Americans for that matter - to ‘go back’ to other countries is not OK, and diplomatic politeness should not stop us saying so, loudly and clearly."

New analysis based on EU projections suggest that if Scotland matched the population growth of the Nordic countries, its population would be 500,000 higher by 2040

Reports that child refugees are still being held at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre almost a decade after the Home Office announced an end to the policy have led to fresh calls for the devolution of asylum powers

SNP MSP Annabelle Ewing described the UK Government’s attempt to force EU citizens to register to remain in the UK as ‘abhorrent’

Scottish Greens demand further action as new Cosla guidance clarifies how local authorities can support those made destitute by UK immigration law

Activists arrested after chaining themselves to a deportation flight are likely to receive suspended sentences and community service

- Activists were arrested under anti-terrorism legislation after disrupting a deportation flight in March 2017

- The defendants attracted the support of civil liberties campaigners and critics of UK Government immigration policy

- The Stansted 15 have called for their convictions to be quashed in a public statement