Refugees do not need to be in camps with fences .. they need communities

PM slammed for his asylum plan & Farage blasted for spreading lies

- BY MARK McGIVERN

SABIR Zazai is a man who understands the terror of fleeing war and oppression in his home country.

Scottish Refugee Council, where his lived experience makes him well placed to understand the reality of beng a refugee or asylum seeker in Scotland.

He also holds a university doctorate and an OBE and lives with his three Glaswegian kids.

Sabir is also a living testament to how those fleeing oppression don't head to Scotland just to claim benefits and secure cushy homes, as Nigel Farage and his right-wing cronies tell the world. He was enraged by the recent rantings of Reform UK leader Farage, who claims schoolkids having English as a second language was a “cultural smashing of Glasgow”.

Sabir, 51, slammed Farage for his claims, based on a finding that 30 per cent of schoolkids in the city do not speak English as a first language.