At least five traumatised asylum seekers living in Scottish hotels while awaiting progress on their refugee claims have attempted suicide in recent months, The Ferret has learned.
In the latest incident, police were called after a young man who had been living for many months in the Mutha Glasgow River hotel, in Erskine, made an attempt on his own life. The hotel has been the focus of protests by far right groups.
Scottish Refugee Council also told a Scottish Parliament committee that a “frontline professional” at another hotel had reported four suicide attempts
by asylum seekers in recent months.
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