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Dumfries: Population decline is an issue in rural Scotland, but how can the Government get the public onside?

Posted on November 13, 2017 by admin

The fourth of our five visits to Scotland was to Dumfries, a rural market town of nearly 50,000 people about 15 miles north of the England-Scotland border. The migrant population of Dumfries is small with most new migrants coming from Poland. Similar to visits elsewhere, the Dumfries citizens’ panel balanced the benefits of migration with Read more about Dumfries: Population decline is an issue in rural Scotland, but how can the Government get the public onside?[…]

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