Asylum in Scotland

The Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland

Author / Creator: Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

Proposals to improve the lives of asylum seekers in Scotland.


An evaluation of the Scottish Guardianship Service

Author / Creator: Hannah Stott

Media type: report

Date published: 2021

The work of Guardians within asylum determination and National Referral Mechanism processes


Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland with particular reference to failings in the provision of care to New Scots during the Covid pandemic Part Two

Author / Creator: Helena Kennedy

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

"What we were unprepared for were the eyewatering costs – human and financial – of the wider system that underpins support for people seeking asylum in the UK. Nor were we prepared for the levels of incompetence, confusion and chaos, sometimes to the point of being manifest as cruelty, in that system." Helena Kennedy


Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland, Part 1

Author / Creator: Helena Kennedy

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Migrants moved from houses to hotels were placed in danger, not safety.