Plan made 'on back of envelope'

CONCERNS Over the use of Cameron Barracks

- BY LUCINDA CAMERON and CRAIG PATON

THE First Minister has said UK Government plans to house 300 male asylum seekers at an army barracks in the Highlands were "made up on the back of an envelope".

John Swinney welcomed the news that the Home Office has delayed proposals to place the men at Cameron Barracks in Inverness.

The UK Government said on Friday while it is "continuing to accelerate plans" to move asylum seekers to Scotland and Crowborough military base in East Sussex, it would wait until they were "fully operational and safe".