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Glasgow council is putting up homeless refugees in 50 hotels as the city struggles to cope with a housing emergency . ‌

The crisis-hit local authority also confirmed a near 260 per cent rise in refugees being placed in hotels and bed and breakfasts . ‌

The surge led SNP council leader Susan Aitken to warn the Home Office that Glasgow is at “breaking point” . ‌

Glasgow council is facing a £66m funding black hole after a rise in spending on temporary accommodation for refugees.

Senior town hall figures believe the Home Office policy of emptying asylum seeker hotels is creating a homelessness crisis for refugees granted leave to remain.

In a letter to the then Home Secretary Yvetter Cooper in March, Aitken sounded the alarm: ‌

“I am concerned that the

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