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| == Immigration to Scotland ==
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| Immigration into Scotland has included people from elsewhere in the British Isles and from Continental Europe. Specific immigrant groups include:
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| *refugees from wars (such as the French Revolution)
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| *refugees from religious persecution (such as Huguenots and Jews).
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| *job seekers influenced of industrial development (particularly in the nineteenth century)
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| *refugees from the Irish Potato Famine
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