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Charities claim refugees facing eviction due to Home Office errors
Dozens of refugees facing lock changes in Glasgow may be entitled to Home Office accommodation and should not be evicted, it is claimed.
Tory minister rejects MSP request to visit Dungavel detention centre
A Scottish politician's request for an official visit to Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire has been rejected by the Home Office.
More than 500 people detained in police cells under immigration law
A human rights lawyer has called on the Scottish Government to 'demand answers' after it emerged that 537 people were held in police cells in Scotland under immigration law.
Scottish pension funds linked to Donald Trump’s border jails
Scottish pension funds have invested millions of pounds in firms bankrolling Donald Trump’s migrant camps.
Vulnerable women at risk in Dungavel detention centre, says report
Women are at risk of exploitation in Dungavel immigration removal centre and more than 200 detainees were on watch for self harm in 2017, says new report.
Home Office wrong to send asylum seeker back to Ethiopia, rules judge
Scottish judge rules that Home Office unlawfully deported an Ethiopian asylum seeker fleeing persecution - and orders his return to the UK.
Trump donor firm accused of ‘slave labour’ made £1m profit
A private prison firm paying asylum seekers held at Dungavel detention centre £1 an hour made nearly £1m in profit last year.
Claim Syrian refugees linked to sexual crimes increase on island is FFS
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim linking Syrian refugees to sexual crime on a Scottish island.
Children suffer as reports of human trafficking in Scotland rise
Dozens of children were among 207 victims of human trafficking reported in Scotland in 2017, according to a Scottish Government report.
