The new frontline for the hostile environment is Glasgow. The city is on the verge of a “humanitarian crisis” after outsourcing giant Serco announced an unprecedented eviction programme, which could eventually force up to 300 asylum seekers onto the streets with nowhere to go. It plans to do this by changing the locks on the doors of the asylum seekers’ homes, starting with 18 people served with 21-days’ notice.
Strict Home Office rules have left the local council paralysed to intervene. Locals are scrambling to find emergency solutions to the crisis so the “refuweegees” at risk can be protected by the city they have sought safety in.
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