The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland Comment: Oxfam Warns of “New Highland Clearances”
Oxfam has warned “land grabs” akin to the Highland Clearances in Scotland are taking place in developing countries with some of the world’s poorest people forcibly evicted. The international development charity says land 26 times the size of Scotland was sold off globally in the last decade, enough to grow food for a billion people.