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The development of diversionary activities for young people in our communities is a key priority and the local action fund is one example of how we are trying to achieve that.
The key aspect for a country such as Scotland that has never had an immigration policy is that one has to get people here and then think about how to get them to stay for at least two years.
All that happens each time that we discuss the matter is that I get increasingly concerned that we seem to be getting into a game of ping-pong, without there being any score.