Glasgow’s failed asylum seekers: 'I think of suicide' - BBC Newsnight
Update: 2019-07-26
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A mass eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow has begun as part of a housing provider's lock-changing programme.
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Serco, which provides free housing to about 300 people in the city, first announced that it was issuing eviction notices last July.
The Scottish Refugee Council have now been contacted by two men who say their locks have been changed.
The Scottish government has written to the new Home Secretary calling for her to intervene in the mass eviction.
In the studio, Kirsty Wark is joined by Scottish Labour MP Paul Sweeney.
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Serco, which provides free housing to about 300 people in the city, first announced that it was issuing eviction notices last July.
The Scottish Refugee Council have now been contacted by two men who say their locks have been changed.
The Scottish government has written to the new Home Secretary calling for her to intervene in the mass eviction.
In the studio, Kirsty Wark is joined by Scottish Labour MP Paul Sweeney.
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight
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