13 h. ago STUC to host summit 'to reject disinformation' over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

The STUC has invited the UK Home Office, Highland Council, the local MP and MSPs, NHS Highland and Police Scotland to a meeting in a bid to “counter the false narratives permeated by the far right.”

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22 h. ago Hundreds take to the streets over plan to house asylum seekers at barracks

Campaigners marched through the streets of Crowborough carrying signs and flags, many wearing plain white T-shirts and chanting: ‘Send them home.’

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24 h. ago Hundreds protest against plans to house 600 lone male asylum seekers in army barracks near their homes

Furious residents have taken to the streets once again in a major backlash against government plans to move hundreds of lone male asylum seekers into an army training camp on the edge of Crowborough.

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6 d. ago Fury over plans to evict troops from barracks to make way for 300 male asylum seekers

The Queens Own Highlanders Regimental Association, based at Cameron Barracks in Inverness, will be moved from the site as part of the Home Office's proposal.

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6 d. ago Workers begin converting army barracks into camp that will house 600 male migrants on edge of town

Residents are furious at the plans for Crowborough Army Training Camp in East Sussex, with 2,000 people flooding the streets for a noisy protest yesterday.

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8 d. ago It's war! Hundreds take to the streets in protest over Starmer's plan to house 300 asylum seekers at Scottish barracks

Scots have sent a resounding message of defiance to Keir Starmer over his plan to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a historic military base.

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2 w. ago Prince Philip's brave Highlanders to be evicted from barracks to make way for asylum seekers

War heroes are to be evicted from their ­historic base to make way for the UK Government 's controversial plans to house asylum seekers in MoD barracks.

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2 w. ago Cameron Barracks: Asylum seekers 'not mass murderers and rapists', Highlanders told

Highland Council has blasted the Home Office for its ‘secrecy’ over plans to house 300 male asylum seekers in Inverness.

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2 w. ago Council leader slams 'disrespectful' UK Government over Scots barracks plans for asylum seekers

Two barracks in Scotland and England will be used to accommodate around 900 asylum seekers as the UK Government ends the use of hotels for refugees.

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2 w. ago UK Government ‘disrespectful’ over Cameron Barracks plans, says council leader

The leader of Highland Council said there had been ‘no real engagement’ on plans to house 300 male asylum seekers at a barracks in Inverness.

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2 w. ago Unfair to say locals were not consulted on asylum barracks plan – Alexander

The Scottish Secretary hit back at claims the UK Government failed to engage with Inverness officials over proposals to house 300 migrants there.

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2 w. ago Douglas Alexander 'perplexed' at SNP minister claiming to hear about asylum seeker plan on radio

The Scottish Secretary pointed the finger at Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville for claiming she “learned” about the plans “through the media” because she had written to the Home Office about it weeks before.

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2 w. ago Cameron Barracks: Scottish Government slams Home Office over 'unanswered questions'

UK Asylum Minister Alex Norris has been told be must detail what impact their plans will have on the Highlands.

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3 w. ago Scotland flags & Union Jacks put up by locals at army barracks set to house 300 migrants

SALTIRES and Union Flags have appeared on lampposts near a Scots army base set to house hundreds of migrants. Around 300 asylum seekers are set to be moved into the Cameron Barracks in the centre of Inverness at the start of December. The move comes as the government moves to shut down so-called "asylum hotels"...

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3 w. ago John Swinney criticises 'poor approach' over Inverness asylum seeker barracks plan

The First Minister hit out at the Home Office’s handling of the announcement around Cameron Barracks

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3 w. ago The SNP and Lib Dem reaction to the Inverness asylum seeker plan reeks of hypocrisy

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Labour's centre-left rivals have let themselves down over the Cameron Barracks plan.

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3 w. ago Scottish Government ‘stands ready’ to work with UK ministers on asylum barracks

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke of her ‘intense level of frustration’ with how the situation has been handled.

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3 w. ago Mould, mice and rooms with strangers: Inside migrant hotels that government claims are ‘luxury’

This week, the prime minister’s official spokesperson suggested migrant hotels are ‘luxury’ places to live. But with rodent and slug infestations, substandard food and large families packed into single rooms, those living there have a very different story to tell. They talk Shaheena Uddin about the reality of life for migrants in Britain

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3 w. ago Anas Sarwar insists Scots support closure of asylum hotels and 'understand' why barracks are used instead

The Scottish Labour challenged the SNP to offer an alternative to using army barracks to temporarily house refugees.

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3 w. ago Home Office took ‘poor approach’ to asylum barracks announcement – Swinney

The First Minister said the sensitive handling required ‘has been missing from how the Home Office has gone about this’.

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