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*Beginning in the seventeenth century, Scottish people began emigrating to the '''United States, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and elsewhere in the British Isles'''. | *Beginning in the seventeenth century, Scottish people began emigrating to the '''United States, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and elsewhere in the British Isles'''. | ||
*The following types of emigrants account for most persons who left Scotland. | *The following types of emigrants account for most persons who left Scotland. | ||
{{Block indent|*'''Free emigrants'''. Beginning in 1630, emigrants left Scotland to '''promote trade or set up military outposts and way stations''' for merchant ships. Later, free emigrants sought opportunity in a new land or fled poverty or oppression in Scotland. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Assisted emigrants'''. From 1815 to 1900, qualified emigrants received '''passage money or land grants''' in the destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. Many Scots from the Highlands emigrated to Canada in this manner. After 1840, New Zealand and Australia offered money for land grants to skilled workers to encourage immigrants. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Latter-day Saints'''. Beginning in about 1840, many Scottish Latter-day Saints emigrated to the United States. Most settled in Utah. For more information, see [[Utah Emigration and Immigration]] and [[Latter-day Saint Online Genealogy Records|Latter-day Saint Online Genealogy Records:Emigration and Immigration]].}} | |||
*Immigration since World War II has given Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dundee small '''South Asian communities'''. | *Immigration since World War II has given Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dundee small '''South Asian communities'''. | ||
*In 2011, there were an estimated 49,000 ethnically '''Pakistani people''' living in Scotland, making them the largest non-White ethnic group. | *In 2011, there were an estimated 49,000 ethnically '''Pakistani people''' living in Scotland, making them the largest non-White ethnic group. | ||
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