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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Concern grows about mental health of asylum seekers in Scottish hotels
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Concerns raised after refugee family housed in derelict estate
A refugee charity is raising fears about asylum accommodation after a traumatised family was placed in a boarded-up block of
Erskine protest attended by far right activists linked to banned neo-Nazi group
A protest in Erskine against asylum seekers, organised by the far right group Patriotic Alternative, was attended by people from
Far right group accused of trying to stir racial hatred in Erskine
A far right group in Scotland targeted by a government counter-terrorism strategy has been accused of trying to exploit concerns
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
More than £1bn awarded to private firms by councils
Scottish councils have awarded contracts worth more than £1bn to private companies since 2015, The Ferret can reveal. The firms
Asylum seeking children missed months of school while in overcrowded B&Bs
Asylum children in Scotland have spent months living in overcrowded B&B rooms with their families and struggled to
Soaring rates of self-harm by asylum seekers linked to ‘institutional’ accommodation
Reports of suicide and self harm by asylum seekers increased by more than 250 per cent in a four month
Glasgow welcome: campaigners call for Scottish alternative to Patel’s ‘anti-refugee’ bill
Glasgow City Council should restart the asylum dispersal programme and make the case for an alternative to policies offered by
Poverty tsar calls for Home Office accountability over asylum support crisis
The Home Office must be held to account for the hardship it has caused asylum seekers, left without food or
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
Hundreds of asylum seekers still housed in hotels
Almost 400 asylum seekers are still being housed in budget hotels rooms by Home Office contractor Mears – and living on