Dozens of migrants are sleeping in cars after being evicted from homeless accommodation in Scotland’s capital. As many as 50 are living in vehicles in the grounds of Edinburgh’s Almond Lodge House Hotel, an investigation by the Sunday Mail has discovered.Some, housed in the two-star hotel in the pandemic, are in a car park after being told to leave after financial support for them ran out.
Many missed post-Brexit deadlines and have been deemed ineligible for support by the UK Government.Refugee and migrants’ charity Positive Action in Housing said the situation was shameful.
A spokeswoman said: “No amount of arguing about political ideology will help this crisis. It doesn’t put a roof over the heads of those struggling to survive.“We need to treat this as an emergency and treat those affected like human beings instead of political footballs.”Most of those sleeping in vehicles have been there for two months and come from Romania.
Just 15 minutes along the coast, hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are being put up in a cruise ship.They have access to food, healthcare and education for their children, with the Scottish Government spending £100million to lease the ship.
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