Scottish politicians have united to condemn an “inhumane and brutal” Home Office decision to bus asylum seekers who crossed the Channel 500 miles to Scotland for processing.
Dozens of migrants who would normally be held close to where they entered Britain are being made to travel more than nine hours to Dungavel immigration detention facility in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.
The SNP, along with Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, have banded together to denounce the move. Anne McLaughlin, the SNP immigration spokeswoman at Westminster, accused the Home Office of shameful conduct and said an independent Scotland would take a more compassionate approach.
She said: “The vast majority of people who cross the Channel have survived significant trauma. To then stick them on a
