Olivia Bridge, political correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service, calls the Home Office to account for the suffering heaped on victims of human trafficking by the UK’s immigration system

First minister says “inhumane asylum system” to blame for Serco lock-change crisis following court ruling 

Solicitors acting on behalf of asylum seekers brand Scottish court ruling “disturbing” and will seek to appeal to UK Supreme Court 

Scottish Refugee Council calls for alternatives which “ultimately remove the need for detention” after SNP conference votes down amendment to dismantle detention system

Rob Connell, prospective SNP candidate as MP for Edinburgh South constituency, argues that the capital city is heading for a major demographic time-bomb if it is constrained by UK immigration policy post-Brexit

EDINBURGH, and Scotland as a whole, is developing a serious immigration problem. 

Just over one million EU citizens have so far applied for UK settlement status

Following revelations that hundreds of child victims of modern slavery have been refused asylum, SNP MP calls on the prime minister to apologise

"[Trump] telling elected politicians - or any other Americans for that matter - to ‘go back’ to other countries is not OK, and diplomatic politeness should not stop us saying so, loudly and clearly."

New analysis based on EU projections suggest that if Scotland matched the population growth of the Nordic countries, its population would be 500,000 higher by 2040