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Why Scotland may have avoided far right unrest

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Violence began after the murders of three girls in Southport in Merseyside.

Mosques have been targeted, police officers hurt and businesses torched.

Much of the trouble has been incited and organised through social media, inflamed by negative and often racist sentiments about immigration.

Polling shows Scotland has a more positive attitude towards migration.

Police shy away from being too specific about why nothing has happened in Scotland so far.

Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie says it is difficult to put his finger on one particular reason why unrest has not spread to Scotland .

Former First Minister Humza Yousaf publicly questioned whether he sees a life for himself in Scotland , or in the West , in the wake of the riots.

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English

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