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.
Government urged to declare public health emergency over drug deaths
A record number of drug deaths were recorded in Scotland last year. They also showed a stark increase in female deaths.
Urgent call for drug death prevention strategy to address Scottish crisis
Campaigners have called for a new prevention strategy to stop unnecessary suffering from drug deaths after new figures revealed that almost one thousand people were killed by substance abuse last year.
Homeless shelter at double capacity with no more room
A homeless shelter for destitute refugees will have to stop accepting new guests as it is running at double capacity.
Electronic voting could pose security risk in Scotland, claim campaigners
Scottish Government proposals for the introduction of electronic voting could leave Scotland vulnerable to election interference by foreign agents, campaigners have claimed.
Government spends just £13,000 on corporate transparency ‘crack-down’
UK Government plans to “crack down” on the potential for Scottish Limited Partnerships to be used to facilitate organised crime have been revealed to consist of a £13,000 "programme of letter writing.”
Scotland’s ‘invisible epidemic’ of refugee destitution
Charities in Scotland say they are paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds to help people left destitute by a 'failing' asylum system.
Home Office accused of racial profiling in Scottish immigration “raids”
It is claimed that an urgent review of how the Home Office uses information leading to immigration operations – sometimes known as “raids” – is needed.
The children left destitute on Scotland’s streets
Growing numbers of children and families are being left destitute amid claims officials are interpreting the law incorrectly.