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Smaller FTSE firms still failing on boardroom diversity

Nearly half of small companies outside the FTSE 350 have under a third of board roles occupied by women, with three-quarters entirely white

The Guardian - UK

Falkirk asylum seeker says hotel stay 'worse than prison' with no end in sight

Around 50 asylum seekers have been waiting months in temporary accommodation in Falkirk, with no idea when their application will be processed.

Daily Record

Plans to use a West Lothian hotel to house asylum seekers scrapped

Council bosses had been told 81 refugees would be housed at the Cairn Hotel but this has been shelved

Daily Record

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West Lothian plans to use hotel for asylum seekers scrapped by Home Office

The Home Office advised West Lothian Council that Bathgate's popular Cairn hotel would house asylum seekers, but the contactors running the service told the council before talking to the hotel owners.

Edinburgh Live

Children seeking asylum in Scotland miss months of school amid Home Office delays

ASYLUM seeking children in Scotland have spent months living in overcrowded B&B rooms with their families and struggled to access schooling, due…

The National (Scotland)

Residents in ‘millionaires' village fury over plan to house asylum seekers at plush Scots hotel

Ninety asylum seekers will arrive within days to check in at the award-winning Bothwell Bridge Hotel in South Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

Asylum seekers housed in Perth hotel to be moved following recent takeover

The Station Hotel supplied essential support to people “running from conflict and war” but will now be relocated due to extensive pre-bookings and refurbishments

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Glasgow asylum seekers moved to hotels during pandemic faced soaring rates of self-harm and depression

People seeking asylum in Glasgow during the pandemic were removed from their homes and taken to hotels without any notice, not given any cash or provided with appropriate support, a report has found.

Glasgow Live

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people before being shot dead made 72 calls for help before attack

Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, is understood to have contacted the Home Office and migrant support groups about his health and accommodation in the lead up to the 2020 attack

The Independent UK

Sudanese refugee made 72 calls seeking help before Glasgow hotel stabbings

Badreddin Abadlla Adam, shot dead by police at scene, made repeated calls to Home Office and contractors

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seeker who stabbed six people made 72 phone calls before attack – report

A leaked document reportedly said Badreddin Abadlla Adam’s calls ‘should have acted as a warning’.

The Independent UK

Rats, sewage and cockroaches - UK's 'failed asylum system is unfit for Ukraine crisis'

A Mirror investigation into asylum services run by Mears, Serco and Clearsprings on behalf of the Home Office has highlighted serious issues with accommodation

Daily Mirror

Lanarkshire service delivery partner to take on 20 new apprentices

Mears Group teams up with North Lanarkshire Council to provide career opportunities to youngsters

Daily Record

Politicians voice 'serious concerns' as 60 asylum seekers move into Lanarkshire hotel

Council officials have been in meetings for months over the matter, despite telling us they knew 'nothing about it'

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The freezing, cramped squalor Scots asylum seekers forced to live in

While many asylum have run with their families from war and crime to seek shelter in the UK, they’ve been left in squalor in Glasgow.

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