Erskine refugees’ future is uncertain as hotel to close
REFUGEES in Erskine face an uncertain future as the Home Office prepares to pull them out of the Scottish town after more than a year in an isolated and dilapidated hotel.
About 200 refugees were placed in the Muthu Glasgow River Hotel in February 2023, but with the site due to be closed by Tuesday, many of the 20 remaining residents who have fled war and persecution still do not know where they are to be sent.
The Tory government, which fuelled far-right organisations such as Patriotic Alternative and Homeland by housing refugees in hotels around the country, has vowed to stop the practice, leading to the closure of the Erskine site.
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