Glasgow city council, the largest asylum dispersal area outside London, is expected to declare a housing emergency on Thursday as figures show the number of referrals to homelessness support services of those granted leave to remain has increased from an average of 60 a month in the first half of the year to 176 in October and 132 for the first three weeks of November.
A report by Cllr Allan Casey, the city convener for homelessness, also reveals a sharp rise in applications from those granted leave to remain outside Glasgow, with 33% of those applying to homelessness services coming from elsewhere in Scotland and the UK.
The Home Office does not understand that Scotland has much stronger housing rights, such as a statutory duty to accommodate single adult males, which may be attracting people from elsewhere in the UK.
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