'SNP ministers have made city a magnet for asylum seekers'

Since then, statistics obtained by the Scottish Conservatives show there has been a staggering 3,500% rise in homeless applications to Glasgow City Council from outside Scotland.

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The Tories, who will publish a new housing policy paper today, are committed to reinstating the rule to help tackle the influx of illegal immigrants to the city which is facing a £66million black hole due to the cost of housing asylum seekers.

In 2022-23, just 35 individuals who had no local connection to any Scottish local authority made a homeless application to the SNP-run Glasgow council 22 from outside Scotland and 13 from outside the UK.

But the following year, this increased to 1,290-356 from outside Scotland and 934 with no local connection to any council in the UK an increase of 3,585%.

In 2024-25 and 2025-26 to date, a further 2,089 applications have been made from individuals outside Scotland 522 from elsewhere in the UK and 1,567 from outside the UK.

Many of those applying from elsewhere in the UK are homeless migrants settled in cities such as Birmingham, Manchester or Belfast who have then moved to Glasgow to take advantage of the generous free housing on offer.