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Homeless crisis sparks call for Scotland to declare ‘national housing emergency’
Charities have called on the Scottish Government to declare a national housing emergency, claiming Scotland’s homeless system is at breaking point.
Police Scotland accelerates use of facial recognition
Police Scotland accelerates use of Police Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the last five years.
Home office bedroom sharing policy for asylum seekers sparks safety concerns
A Home Office policy forcing asylum seekers in hotels to share bedrooms will increase numbers and could escalate community tensions, campaigners have warned.
Host asylum seekers on Edinburgh ship and we’ll give you £6m, UK Government tells council
The UK Government offered a £5.9m pay-off to Edinburgh council in an attempt to house thousands of asylum seekers on a ship berthed at Leith Docks.
Home Office probed far right Homeland group’s ‘stealth’ political party bid
The UK Government Raised concerns that a far right group led by a Scot had applied “by stealth” to become a political party, The Ferret can reveal.
NatureScot killed 57 geese for bird flu tests after UK law confusion
Scotland’s wildlife agency killed 57 barnacle geese to study the impact of avian flu because they wrongly feared it was illegal to test live animals.
Spycops infiltration of Scots anti-nuclear groups unjustified, says inquiry
Undercover operations by so-called spycops to infiltrate Scottish anti-nuclear groups were not justified, an independent inquiry has concluded.
Claim Scotland does not house refugees is False
Ferret Fact Service looks into a claim by Immigration minister Robert Jenrick about refugees in Scotland.
Concerns raised after refugee family housed in derelict estate
A charity is raising fears about asylum accommodation after a traumatised refugee family was housed on the edge of a notoriously derelict and abandoned estate in Port Glasgow.
