Labour branded 'disgraceful' over plan to house 150 asylum seekers in heart of city already overrun with migrants
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Labour branded 'disgraceful' over plan to house 150 asylum seekers in heart of city already overrun with migrants.
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Labour has been branded as "disgraceful" over its plans to house asylum seekers in the heart of Aberdeen.The Home Office informed Aberdeen South's MP Douglas Lumsden it was looking to house 149 asylum seekers on St Peter Street in the city.The Granite City already houses 707 migrants, the Home Office wrote in a letter, with the plans for St Peter Street taking Aberdeen "above its service under demand plan allocation".
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Lumsden responded to Shabana Mahmood's department, calling for the proposals to be paused as he accused the Government of using the city as a "scapegoat" for its failure to stop small boat crossings.Aberdeen houses the second highest number of asylum seekers in Scotland, with Glasgow ahead with almost 4,000 migrants.
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The Scottish Conservatives MP said:...
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