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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks and Diane Taylor

Number of homeless refugees in Glasgow doubles amid asylum backlog

A homeless person on Buchanan Street in Glasgow.
A homeless person on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

The number of homeless refugees in Glasgow has doubled in recent months as the Home Office accelerates its plan to clear the asylum backlog by the end of the year.

Mini refugee camps are also springing up across London, and Liverpool council has said the situation is “nothing short of an emergency”.

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