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.
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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
Concern grows about mental health of asylum seekers in Scottish hotels
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Disabled refugee family facing eviction over Christmas
A refugee family with three young children and a disabled mother are due to be evicted from Glasgow asylum accommodation
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
Home office bedroom sharing policy for asylum seekers sparks safety concerns
A Home Office policy forcing asylum seekers in hotels to share bedrooms is allegedly causing distress and could escalate community
Housing company accused of ‘re-traumatising’ asylum seekers
The housing company charged with accommodating asylum seekers in Scotland has been accused of “re-traumatising” the people it is meant
Asylum seekers facing second Christmas in hotels ‘abandoned’ by the system
Asylum seekers housed by the Home Office in a Greenock hotel for months – and who are now spending their second
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
Family fleeing Iraq death threats housed in ‘filthy and infested’ Home Office flat
Afran opens a drawer and pulls out creams and tablets, prescribed to deal with the bites covering his children’s
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