The Role Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers In Scotland
Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Scotland: A Skills and Aspirations Audit (2003).
In 2003 there were an estimated 10,000 asylum seekers living in Scotland and this equated to approximately 10% of the overall number of asylum seekers supported by National Asylum Support Service (NASS) in the UK at the time (Heath et al, 2003: 53). A large proportion of whom lived in the central belt and Glasgow in particular and were made up of over 50 different nationalities. (Charlaff, Ibrani, Lowe, Marsden & Turney, 2003) As part of the 1999 immigration and asylum act the UK government introduced a dispersal policy that effectively meant that people seeking asylum could be ‘dispersed’ to Scotland or any other part of the UK, without have any say in the decision-making
In 2003 there were an estimated 10,000 asylum seekers living in Scotland and this equated to approximately 10% of the overall number of asylum seekers supported by National Asylum Support Service (NASS) in the UK at the time (Heath et al, 2003: 53). A large proportion of whom lived in the central belt and Glasgow in particular and were made up of over 50 different nationalities. (Charlaff, Ibrani, Lowe, Marsden & Turney, 2003) As part of the 1999 immigration and asylum act the UK government introduced a dispersal policy that effectively meant that people seeking asylum could be ‘dispersed’ to Scotland or any other part of the UK, without have any say in the decision-making