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Court allows Serco to carry out lock-change evictions on asylum-seeker homes
150 refugees living in Glasgow in properties provided by the Home Office contractor now face homelessness
ASYLUM-seekers face being kicked out of their homes without a court order after losing a legal challenge over lock-change evictions today.
Scotland’s Court of Session ruled in favour of asylum housing provider Serco, backing its decision to carry out lock-change evictions without court orders — which are illegal in Scotland.
The decision means that 150 asylum-seekers living in Glasgow in properties provided by the Home Office contractor now face homelessness.
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