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The country has to overcome three barriers to attract the migrants it needs.
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There are three barriers. The first is that Holyrood lacks any control over immigration, which is reserved to Westminster.
The second issue is that not enough migrants want to come.
Third, whether or not it makes sense for Holyrood to control an element of immigration policy, there seems little prospect of agreement being reached on this between a Tory government at Westminster and an SNP one in Edinburgh.
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