THE FUTURE IS BONUSES NOT BANS FOR IMMIGRANTS:

New migration rules will grant residency after just two years (GERRI PEEV , 3/08/06, The Scotsman)

IMMIGRANTS wishing to settle in Scotland will now have to live here for just two years before being granted residency, after the government halved the qualifying time in an effort to boost the population north of the Border - while making it more difficult to settle in England.

Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, unveiled a points-based system that allowed Scotland to lure foreign workers by granting them indefinite leave to remain, in less than half the time than if they settled in England or Wales, where the qualifying time for residency is to be raised from four to five years.

Residency is nice, but states will have to offer residences to lure the immigrants they need.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 8, 2006 9:20 AM