In 2024, I asked "Why have there been *no* fascist riots in #Scotland so far?"
We now live with weekly xenophobic protests in several Scottish cities.
We still work very hard to make #NewScots safe.
From 2021-4 I worked with local government, the third sector, universities, and Scottish government on this : https://newscots.scot .
We are held up as an example by UNHCR of how to promote welcoming, trauma-informed integration. And it sort of works, even if it's unfunded. There is really awful white nationalist #racism in Scotland - nonetheless, attitudes here are more open and welcoming than in England. But it requires a continuous, thoughtful commitment across all layers of society. It isn't a "natural feature" of Scotland. We achieve this - and now that xenophobic, fearty politics is being normalised, we have to work much harder.
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