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UKRAINIAN refugees are having to travel as far as Poland for dental treatment due to difficulties accessing care in Scotland, MSPs heard today.
Andrii Kuslii, Ukraine’s head of consulate in Edinburgh, told a Holyrood committee that his compatriots are also struggling to access social and rented housing.
A total of 22,990 people have arrived from the war-torn country on a visa with Scottish sponsors, while more than 6,000 people are in “welcome accommodation” — either hotel rooms or cabins on cruise ships docked near Glasgow and Edinburgh.
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON