REFUGEE PLEDGE: The leaders of four of Scotland’s five main political parties have signed the Scottish Refugee Council’s (SRC) election pledge.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie of the Greens, Willie Rennie of the Lib Dems and Labour’s Anas Sarwar agreed to “make Scotland a welcoming place” and to stand up for refugee rights. 

SRC chief executive Sabir Zazai said this pledge was “simply doing the right thing.”