13 h. ago Protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers are racist says John Swinney

"Many of the people who are participating in these protests against the asylum seeker hotels are people who are spreading racist hate in our country."

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15 h. ago Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans ‘made up on back of envelope’ says Swinney

John Swinney has hit out at the the UK Government's plans to house asylum seekers at an army barracks in the Highlands.

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15 h. ago Three charged after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries following an alleged attack in Westhill, near Aberdeen.

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15 h. ago Four charged after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries following an alleged attack in Westhill, near Aberdeen.

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16 h. ago Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans ‘made up on back of an envelope’ – Swinney

Concerns had been raised about the impact on the community in Inverness.

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20 h. ago Shabana Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

The Home Secretary said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives.

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20 h. ago Man charged after 'pool cue attack' inside pub in Livingston

The incident happened at the town's Tower Bar earlier this month.

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23 h. ago Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

The Home Secretary said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives.

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35 h. ago Police swarm Hilton asylum seeker hotel and arrest three men after 'stabbing'

The incident took place at around 10.45am yesterday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Westhill, which has been used to house asylum seekers since 2023.

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36 h. ago Migrant 'stabbed at asylum seeker hotel' as police swarm building

The asylum seeker, believed to be aged 26, was reportedly stabbed at the hotel in Aberdeenshire - police have made three arrests and recovered a weapon

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38 h. ago Three arrested after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries after he was attacked by a group of men in Westhill, near Aberdeen

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65 h. ago Man, 31, is arrested at Manchester Airport on terrorism charges in connection with Heaton Park synagogue attack that left two people dead

The suspect arrived on an inbound flight at Manchester Airport today, Greater Manchester Police said.

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67 h. ago Asylum seeker who entered illegally on small boat twice is hit with 7 word statement from judge

A asylum seeker has been jailed after crossing the channel on a small boat on two separate occasions

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2 d. ago Number of migrants in asylum seeker hotels rises despite Labour pledge to end their use

Record 110,000 people claimed asylum in the UK in the past year

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2 d. ago Asylum seeker hotel numbers up by 13% in three months, new data shows

Labour has pledged to no longer be using asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament – which would be 2029, if not earlier.

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2 d. ago Russia convicts and hands life sentences to 8 people over attack on a key bridge to Crimea

A Russian court has convicted eight people on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea

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3 d. ago UK woman accused of assaulting three people in 'air rage' attack

A social worker has been charged with an 'air rage' attack which is alleged to have happened on a plane waiting on the tarmac in Egypt

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4 d. ago Saudi Arabian asylum seeker appears in court accused of groping a woman at a Tube station

Muslih Alotaibi, 39, is said to have carried out the sexual assault at Bank Underground station on April 13.

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4 d. ago ‘Killer’ asylum seeker ‘Chris Jude’ beat & raped another woman, 30, days before murdering teen cyclist Lisa, court hears

THE accused killer of a Dutch teen cyclist raped another woman just days before the shocking murder of Lisa, a court has heard. Prosecutors gave a painstaking minute-by-minute account of Chris Jude's alleged actions across two nights in August, leaving one woman traumatised and a teen girl dead. The accused has reportedly been calling himself...

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5 d. ago Home Office 'should have the guts' to meet public over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

Fergus Ewing said the UK government ‘has made this plan and should have the guts to put it to the people’

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