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Escalating asylum seeker deaths prompt calls for inquiry
An escalating number of deaths in the asylum system are being “brushed under the carpet” it has been claimed, as data obtained from the Home Office shows that ten asylum seekers have died in Scotland since May 2020.
Seeking safety: Rwanda deportation case to be heard in Scottish courts
A Syrian father of three, who fled for his life and was facing deportation by the Home Office to Rwanda, is now fighting for his right to claim asylum through the Scottish courts.
Asylum seeking children missed months of school while in overcrowded B&Bs
Asylum children in Scotland have spent months living in overcrowded B&B rooms with their families and struggled to access schooling.
Footage shows more than 100 people rescued in Mediterranean Sea
Exclusive footage of a rescue mission which saved the lives of more than 100 people stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.
FFS explains: Refugees, migration and channel crossing
Ferret Fact Service looks at some of the questions around refugees, migration and channel crossing.
Revealed: one bed at Dungavel costs taxpayer three times the average wage each year
Each bed at Dungavel immigration detention centre will cost taxpayers £74,000 per year.
Hundreds of Afghans prevented from claiming asylum in the UK pending Home Office investigations
Hundreds of asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been prevented from applying for refugee protection in the UK this year, as new rules allow the Home Office to first investigate if their claims are “admissible”.
Glasgow welcome: campaigners call for Scottish alternative to Patel’s ‘anti-refugee’ bill
Glasgow should restart the refugee dispersal scheme to stop the Home Office from introducing asylum reception centres in barracks and disused oil rigs, claim campaigners.
Emails reveal Scottish ministers snubbed by Priti Patel over immigration raid
A series of urgent emails from the heart of the Scottish Government on the day of a Home Office immigration raid in Glasgow’s Pollokshields have laid bare growing tensions between the two administrations.
