Calls for end to asylum hotels

A local MP has called for an end to the use of asylum hotels.

Falkirk MP Euan Stainbank has raised the issue at Westminster.

Anti-immigration groups have held protests outside the Cladhan - which is being used to house asylum seekers.

He's invited the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to visit the hotel.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Falkirk MP Euan Stainbank said:

"The Tories’ asylum hotels have divided communities and endangered vulnerable people in communities such as Falkirk, but we must be honest: the Inverness barracks proposal is controversial, and will aggravate community tensions in Scotland rather than cool them if there is no corresponding urgent move to close asylum hotels in Scotland. 

Will the Secretary of State join me this month in visiting Kemper Avenue to see at first hand why the Cladhan must now be fairly prioritised for closure in the hotel exit plan?"