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Liam Smillie

MP demands apologies over treatment of West Lothian Ukrainian refugees asked to move to Aberdeen

Livingston MP Hannah Bardell is calling for an apology from the City of Edinburgh Council following the attempted relocation of 14 Ukrainian refugees from Livingston to Edinburgh.

On Friday (May 27) at 6.30pm at the Mercure Hotel in Livingston, the refugee resettlement team from the City of Edinburgh Council asked over a dozen refugees to move from Livingston to Aberdeen at 9.30pm.

It was reported the refugees quickly became distressed, after spending three weeks in West Lothian integrating with the community and learning English at West Lothian College.

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