SCOTLAND'S First Minister has said UK Government plans to house 300 asylum seekers at an army barracks in the Highlands were “made up on the back of an envelope”.

John Swinney welcomed the news that the Home Office has delayed proposals to place asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks in Inverness .

He said the decision was “an acknowledgement that the plans were not well formulated”, and said the Home Office should do “some homework” before taking forward such proposals.

The UK Government said on Friday that while it was still “continuing to accelerate plans” to move asylum seekers to the Scottish site, as well as the Crowborough military base in East Sussex, it would wait until they were “fully operational and safe”.

Highland Council and some local residents have raised concerns abo

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