Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
Immigration
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Claim list shows MPs who voted against deporting foreign rapists is False
There has been renewed controversy over the UK Government’s handling of grooming gangs in recent weeks. X owner Elon
How asylum hotels became a far right target
As riots erupted across England and Northern Ireland over the last week, so-called ‘asylum hotels’ became a target for some
FFS explains: Rwanda plan confusion
The UK Government’s immigration policy, known as the Rwanda plan, has been declared unlawful by the country’s highest
‘It’s like getting in a time machine’: homeless agencies warn of rise in rough sleeping
Rough sleeping in Scotland’s largest city has escalated dramatically in recent weeks following a decision by Glasgow City Council
Claim Scotland does not house refugees is False
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was questioned in the House of Commons on Tuesday about the illegal migration bill by SNP
Claim Sudan refugees can apply for asylum through UNHCR is False
The ongoing crisis in Sudan has led to significant numbers of refugees fleeing the country as its civil war deepens.
FFS explains: Rwanda flights and European Court of Human Rights
The UK Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was stalled this week after a last minute intervention
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 – three times the Scottish average wage
Haiti’s cry: why we need to hear its young activists, excluded from COP26
“I come from a country which is already extremely affected by climate change,” explains Macius Djivenson, a 24-year-old law student
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
Children’s commissioner calls for ‘urgent review’ of asylum mother and baby unit
Scotland’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner has written to the Home Office’s housing provider demanding it “urgently
Refugee campaigners warn dawn raids must not become a ‘de facto eviction’ tactic
Refugee campaigners are calling for assurances that dawn raids will not be used as a “de facto eviction” tactic by