Let’s face the facts – we need migrants

Commenting on Brexit recently, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for Scotland to have its own strategy on immigration and asylum, separate to that of London. Sturgeon noted that Scotland is facing a demographic crisis as a result of dropping birth rates and an aging population, arguing that the economy and public services are dependent on migration. Studies have shown that pensioners are seen reaching 23 percent of the population by 2043 from 19 percent in 2018.

In Greece, pensioners made up 24.5 percent (2,656,000) of the population in 2015. This means that we are in an even more precarious situation than Scotland, yet we don't believe that we rely on migration at all. As with so many other issues, we have allowed migration to become an arena of petty political confrontations and populism.

On the one hand, SYRIZA is taking advantage of the situation to hold talks...