But resume they certainly will. Surprisingly perhaps, the first policy clash of the autumn could arise from the least recognised, yet perhaps most successful example of Holyrood’s divergence from Westminster systems – refugee integration. The Kenmure Street siege in May gave Scots a tiny glimpse of the support systems – local, neighbourhood, voluntary and official – that have built up over two decades since Syrian refugees were first dispersed to Glasgow. Scotland’s largest city now has 4,500 asylum seekers – more than any other UK city – with a 50 per cent application success rate. But that’s not what tends to grab the headlines. Last year a Sudanese asylum seeker stabbed several people in a Glasgow hotel, before being shot dead by police. Since then, Glasgow Council has refused to accept more asylum seekers unless the Home Office and private contractors Mears stop housing them in unsuitable hotel accommodation – a visible example of the human rights’
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The leaders of Scotland s political parties are heading to the polls to cast their own votes in the Scottish Parliament election. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar voted at his local polling station at Pollokshields Burgh Hall in Glasgow on Thursday morning. Mr Sarwar is standing against First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in the Glasgow Southside constituency, which includes Pollokshields. Ms Sturgeon has already voted by post but she will join SNP candidate Rosa Salih at Annette Street Primary School polling station in Govanhill, Glasgow, to lend her support and meet a Syrian family as they cast their ballots. Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater will vote at a primary school in Edinburgh, while her fellow co-leader Patrick Harvie will vote at a school in Glasgow.