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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Glasgow presses for Home Office help in looming refugee homelessness crisis

A red sandstone tenement apartment building in Govanhill, Glasgow
Glasgow is home to the largest concentration of asylum seekers in the UK. Photograph: Iain Masterton/Alamy

The Home Office is under intensifying pressure to help house more than 1,400 refugees who face homelessness in Glasgow owing to its rush to clear a significant backlog in asylum claims.

Lawyers acting for refugees in Glasgow have warned that the city council and the Scottish and UK governments face legal action and compensation claims if they fail to provide enough housing for people being granted the legal right to live in the UK.

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