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Lewis Island Faces Flight of Locals for Jobs Abroad
The Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides shows deep depopulation as residents emigrate for work. Boosters cite tourism, oil prospects, and Harris tweed trade while unemployment nears 34 percent and census losses sharpen.
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Isle
Lewis
Bill Lucas
Hebrides
Europe
North Atlantic
Lucas, Macleod, Stewart
Scotland
Butt of
Barra Head
Donald Stewart
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Goathill
Roddy Macleod
Harris Tweed Assn
Harris Tweed
Minch
Skye
Harris
Uist
Barra
Rockall
Aberdeen
Sonal
Franklin Roosevelt
Simue
Donald
Theyj Lewis
Stewart
William