Refugees

Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Exclusive UK criticised by SNP for 'devastating' refugee child benefits cut

A High Court challenge has been brought against the government’s plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Credit: Getty Images

Exclusive Solution revealed for Home Office to ease Glasgow homeless pressures

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle Picture: PA

Labour minister snubs Glasgow asylum seeker crisis talks

Members of the Women Together group of refugees in Glasgow take part in educational programmes and other activities design to improve their wellbeing

Horrific stories of female refugees explain why they had to flee Ahlam Souidi

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Analysis Anas Sarwar needs distance from UK Labour policies and the SNP

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The Home Office has rejected plans for a asylum seeker work pilot from SNP ministers Credit: Getty Images

Exclusive Labour rejects SNP's asylum seeker plans despite majority backing idea

Zeinab Elsayed, pictured here at a protest

How David Lynch is helping Scottish refugees and those with trauma

Former council leader Cammy Day resigned after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Exclusive Council facing questions over Day complaints after email 'disappeared'

Glasgow City Council could pause its role as an asylum seeker dispersal city Credit: Getty Images

Exclusive Glasgow threatens to 'pause' role as asylum dispersal city

A protest in 2023 outside a hotel housing refugees in Erskine (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why Glasgow should get more money to accommodate asylum seekers Scotsman comment

Syrian refugees met with First Minister John Swinney at Bute House

Exclusive 'I will destroy my children's future': Syrians fear leaving Scotland

People celebrate in Umayyad Square, Damascus, after the fall of the Assad regime (Picture: Louai Beshara)

Syrian refugees need time to decide whether it's safe to return home Christine Jardine

Tasmin Helmi (centre) said the fall of the Assad regine is 'like a dream come true'.

Exclusive 'Like a dream coming true': Syrian refugee in Scotland on Assad's fall

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaks to the media. Picture: PA

Sarwar says claims about Edinburgh council leader 'deeply distressing'

A High Court challenge has been brought against the government’s plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Credit: Getty Images

Home Office relaxes 28-day asylum seeker rule after Glasgow 'pressure'

Glasgow is accommodating more asylum seekers than any other UK authority Credit: Getty Images

Glasgow under pressure with more asylum seekers than any UK council

Asylum seekers could have work restrictions relaxed under a Scottish Government pilot scheme Credit: Getty Images

The Scottish rule change that would be game changer for asylum seekers

A man watches as a fire rages in a livestock market in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, following an attack by the Rapid Support Forces

The world's worst humanitarian crisis is just being ignored Stephen Gethins

Labour MP Gordon McKee wants to focus on the crisis in Gaza

Why two Scots are on Westminster’s International Development Committee

Protesters called for an end to the detention of asylum seekers in hotels after six people were injured in a knife attack at Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow in June 2020.

Exclusive Home Office urged to bring 'immediate end' to Glasgow asylum hotels

Ross Greer and John Swinney

Greens: SNP must restore 'trust and faith' if budget deal to be struck

Rough sleeping has increased across Scotland as the number of people in temporaray accommodation has soared (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

The staggering figures behind homelessness crisis amid 1700% spike

Keir Starmer met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome to talk about her approach to illegal migration (Picture: Phil Noble/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Starmer risks repeat of Tories' catastrophe mistake about immigration Scotsman comment

Supporters of a Pro-UK Rally endorsed by Tommy Robinson gather in George Square as activists from Stand Up to Racism Scotland also held a demonstration (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Two arrests as thousands oppose rally in Glasgow backed by Tommy Robinson

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Playwright Aisha Zia on bringing a show about refugees to the Fringe

Riots like this one in Hartlepool could spill over into Scotland. Image: Press Association.

'Highly concerning' far-right protest announced for Scotland

Ukrainian woman forced to apply to 65 Scottish housing associations

'At MOTG, we are a team of like-minded individuals determined to bring change to the humanitarian field,' says MacGregor. Picture: contributed.

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Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on Wednesday.

Hamas reports 241 killed in 24 hour as Israel says conflict could last ‘months’

Over the last year, Crisis has reported more demand from people sleeping in their cars, as well as a rise in refugees and people seeking asylum in need of help.

Rats, maggots and dirty beds: State of homeless accommodation revealed

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill was passed, despite fears of a Tory rebellion.

How can Rishi Sunak celebrate his Rwanda bill?

Vulnerable asylum seekers need access to up-to-date Covid vaccinations Gwenetta Curry

Survivors arrive to the port of Kalamata after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank in international waters in the Ionian Sea earlier this week.

Refugees told me of overcrowding, failed motors and people falling overboard

People have been living on the MS Victoria cruise ship in Leith since last summer. Picture: Getty Images

Cruise ship ‘on track’ for closure, leaving Ukrainians in ‘constant limbo’

Child refugees in particular can experience a high level of stress that affects their education (Picture: Aref Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)

Ethnic minority children are more likely to internalise mental health problems

Canada's population grew by over a million in a year.

Canada’s population grow by one million in a year for first time in history

A mother spends time with her children in a park provided by an aid organisation in earthquake-hit Syria.

‘No toys, no games, no schooling’: Life in earthquake-hit Syria

The UK Government plans to ban anyone arriving in the UK through non-legal means from applying for asylum.

Refugees arriving in UK on boats to be banned from right to claim asylum

Ukrainian bystanders look on to residential buildings that were destroyed during an attack, in Borodyanka on Wednesday.

Just one in ten displaced Ukrainians likely to return home soon

The MS Victoria cruise ship in Leith hosts refugee families from Ukraine.

Scotland's new funding package to help refugees integrate revealed

Coronation Street could see 5 characters exit as major storylines end
Major storylines that have taken centre stage on Britain’s longest running soap are coming to and end, and could see many residents leave Weatherfield

Dr Hyab Yohannes, Academic Coordinator (School of Education), University of Glasgow for Young Academy of Scotland

Radical denial of humanity in the UK asylum system - Hyab Yohannes

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A fortunate few who fled Afghanistan were flown to freedom while others were forced to walk for days to escape the Taliban

Government hotel bill for Afghanistan refugees is £1 million a day

Volunteers with green jackets provide assistance to Ukrainians fleeing the war in Ukraine as they disembark from a train coming from Warsaw at Hauptbahnhof main railway station in Berlin, Germany, in March.

We must do more to help those straddling two lives - Jane Bradley

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Refugees faced problems as countries closed their borders during the Covid pandemic.

Refugees forgotten as countries shut borders to keep Covid out, report claims

Fringe Society chief executive Shona McCarthy. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Refugees, asylum seekers, elderly and disabled people to get Fringe days out

Kellie Castle near Pittenweem is one of 88 NTS properties in Scotland.

National Trust for Scotland to offer free pass to refugees

Aber an unaccompanied minor from Ethiopia stands on the deck of the Geo Barents, an ambulance boat deployed by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Docteurs Without Borders) in the Mediterranean Sea. The 16-year-old was rescued on April 23 off the coast of Libya, pulled from a dinghy with 101 people on board.

More than 3,000 people died trying to cross into Europe, says UN refugee arm

Joanna Szostek met her Ukrainian friends at Glasgow airport.

Refugees met by unmanned Welcome Hub at Glasgow Airport

The centre will help provide support and advice to Ukrainian horticultural workers in Scotland.

New service run by Scottish charity will help Ukrainian agricultural workers

Varvara Shevtsova with Harry and Catriona Smart.

Ukraine-Russia: Refugees in Scotland waiting weeks for UK Government payment

Neil Gray, Scotland’s Europe and National Affairs Minister said discussions are “ongoing” as no specific accommodation arrangements for Ukrainian refugees coming to Scotland have been announced.

Discussions remain "ongoing" for refugee accommodation in Scotland

Refugees highlight Scotland’s housing shortage - David Alexander

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