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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

EXPLAINED: Asylum system risks damaging social cohesion glasgow city council warns - The Real Truth

Hundreds of people who received their asylum decisions elsewhere in the UK have come to Glasgow to access its homelessness services
Hundreds of people who received their asylum decisions elsewhere in the UK have come to Glasgow to access its homelessness services Photograph: Gerard Ferry/Alamy

The asylum system risks “damaging social cohesion” with homeless refugees putting “unprecedented pressure” on Glasgow services, the city council has warned.

Glasgow city council, the largest asylum dispersal area outside London, had welcomed asylum seekers for decades, said the city convener for homelessness, Allan Casey.

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