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New £20m fund to improve sites for Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland

Home Office blames Scottish councils as more asylum seekers kept in hotels

exclusive Immigration Minister Chris Philp says more Scottish councils must take in asylum seekers to solve housing backlog - but Councillor Kelly Parry of Cosla says the Home Office won t provide funding THE number of asylum seekers in Glasgow hotels is going up seven months after the Park Inn attack – and the Home Office says Scottish councils are to blame. Immigration Minister Chris Philp has told the Sunday National the continued use of what some campaigners have called “hotel detention” continues in Scotland because his department’s hands are tied. There was outrage last summer when the use of Glasgow hotels for around 350 asylum seekers hit the headlines in relation to two separate tragedies – the death of Syrian torture survivor Adnan Olbeh in his room and the Park Inn attack.

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