Unemployment, poverty and persecution caused thousands of people from Ireland, Italy and Eastern Europe to travel to Scotland in search of better lives.
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Why did migrants from Italy, Lithuania, and central and Eastern Europe move to Scotland in the 19th and early 20th century?
The key events in the migration to Scotland between 1820 and 1905.