FM: PUT HOLD ON NEW REFUGEES IN GLASGOW

But he insists laws aren't the problem

- BY PAUL HUTCHEON

JOHN Swinney has backed calls for a pause on more asylum seekers coming to Glasgow as “fair”.

The First Minister echoed the city council's request for a temporary halt but defended the country’s liberal homelessness laws.

Glasgow is home to more than 90 per cent of the asylum seekers in Scotland as a result of the city’s longstanding policy of helping people fleeing persecution.

We discovered that Glasgow is housing 58 asylum seekers per 10,000 people, while Edinburgh houses three.