A failed asylum seeker from Nepal who set himself on fire prior to an appeal hearing has died in hospital.
Uddhav Bhandari, 40, set himself alight in the Eagle Building, Bothwell Street, Glasgow, which is home to the Immigration and Appeals Tribunal.
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[What right have they got to vote on Scottish issues when they are not even Scottish? They can vote in Polish elections too as I am sure they will set up polling booths for this purpose.-ed]
Migrant workers in Tayside are being encouraged to make their voices heard by voting in the upcoming elections.
Thousands of [...]

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The number of eastern European children in north and north-east schools has grown by more than a quarter in just 12 months, prompting calls for extra cash to help local authorities cope with the influx.
As hundreds more youngsters from countries such as Poland enter primary and secondary schools across the region, there are fears that [...]

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THE number of eastern Europeans registering to work in Scotland jumped by nearly a fifth last year, suggesting Scottish employers are making increasing use of foreign labour.
Scotland’s success in drawing in new workers came at the expense of London, with increasing numbers of migrants snubbing the UK capital and opting for the less crowded [...]

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RACISM against new migrant workers must be tackled by politicians immediately, the head of the Commission for Racial Equality has warned after a tripling in complaints about discrimination towards people from eastern Europe.
Ali Jarvis, the director of CRE Scotland, said ministers must act to address tensions between Scots and immigrants before the problem gets out [...]

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[Maybe they should learn English before they come here? How do they expect to get along in the workplace without knowing the language?-ed]
RACE watchdogs criticised the Scottish Executive yesterday for failing to provide English lessons to new migrants.
Earlier this week Ali Jarvis, the director of the Commission for Racial Equality Scotland, warned ministers must [...]

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POLITICIANS and anti-racism campaigners reacted with outrage last night when it emerged that the far-right British National Party was to get its own election broadcast during this year’s Holyrood campaign as well as hundreds of thousands of pounds in free election publicity from the taxpayer.
The Scotsman has learned that the BNP is to field candidates [...]

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ALMOST 18,000 immigrant workers have arrived in Edinburgh in two years, as the city proves to be Scotland’s biggest magnet for those starting a new life.
More people from outside the UK registered for work in Edinburgh than in Glasgow and Aberdeen put together in the two years to last April, official figures show.
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MORE than 20 foreign workers were arrested in a raid on a fish processing plant yesterday.
The early morning swoop came after bosses at Strathaird Salmon on the Longman industrial estate in Inverness raised concerns over identification papers and documents used to gain employment.
More than 50 police officers, as well as immigration officials carried out [...]

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[We have given him: House, Money, TV, Bus Pass etc and how does he repay this kindness, by attacking local boys! Why no calls for deportation? I am sure Iran have ways to deal with these sort of filthy perverts-ed]
A PERVERT faces jail for a sex attack on a schoolboy in a [...]

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MOTHERWELL residents are up in arms over fears refugees will be given housing list priority as the town prepares for the first wave of immigrants from the African Congo next week.
Despite North Lanarkshire Council’s promise no-one waiting on the housing list would be disadvantaged by the arrival of refugees, Wishaw Press has received complaints from [...]

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[If we look at the map below we can see that if these people are fleeing for their lives they could, and should, have settled in neighbouring countries like: Angola, Cameroon etc-ed]
THE FIRST wave of refugees from Congo is set to arrive in North Lanarkshire within two weeks.
A total of 77 Congolese refugees will be [...]

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[What about the parents who endangered their own; and their childrens' lives to get here for free handouts? What are we suppose to do? Tell the whole third world to come here and we will not deport you?-ed]
Scotland’s largest teaching union has called for an end to dawn raids on failed asylum seekers.
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[Why move more Asylum Seekers into Scotland then?-ed]
Racially motivated crime is still rising across Scotland, according to figures for 2006.
Despite a high-profile campaign by the Scottish Executive, 3,387 race crimes and offences were recorded by the country’s eight police forces.
The figures, collated between April and December, compared with 3,192 for the same period last year [...]

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THE cost of police interpreters has reached record levels, as forces draft in translators to deal with the country’s rapidly growing immigrant population.
The rising number of non-English speakers has led to the amount being spent on police translation services going up by more than a third in the past year, to almost £300,000.
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Glasgow City Council today signed a fresh five-year contract with the National Asylum Seeker Service (NASS) that will see the city accommodate up to 4,200 asylum seekers at any given time.
Glasgow remains the only Scottish local authority to have a contract with NASS.
The previous contract with NASS was originally signed in January 2000 and was [...]

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16 months ago there were no children from ethnic minorities in this school. There are now 37 refugee children out of a total of 278 and we are delighted to have them. If we had a much higher proportion it might cause us some practical problems but those already here have enriched the life of [...]

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[Un-employment is just risen again in Scotland, so would it not be logical to fill vacancies with un-employied Scots?-ed]
STRICT curbs on the number of Bulgarians and Romanians allowed to work in the UK will leave employers struggling to fill key vacancies, Scotland’s biggest recruiter of staff from Eastern Europe warned yesterday.
George Chalmers claimed he [...]

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[Maybe they should do something about all the jobless Graduates in Scotland-ed]
A scheme established to encourage people to live in Scotland has attracted more than 12,000 inquiries in its first two years of operation.
The finance minister said the figures proved the Scottish Executive’s Fresh Talent initiative has been a success.
Tom McCabe also cited [...]

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[They came here illegally and should have been deported on arrival-ed]
More than 1000 asylum seeker families in Scotland are facing forced deportation, potentially involving dawn raids, the Home Office said yesterday.
The figure emerged during a visit to Scotland by Liam Byrne, the UK Immigration Minister, who was announcing the creation of two teams in Glasgow [...]

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