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Vulnerable asylum-seekers to be moved from a Glasgow hotel after safety failings
Home Office contractor Mears assured charities the women are to be returned to self-catering accommodation

VULNERABLE women forced by a Home Office contractor to stay in hotels are set to be moved after safety failings were reportedly acknowledged by the provider.

Following a visit to sites housing asylum seekers in Glasgow, senior figures in housing group Mears are understood to have assured charities supporting migrants that vulnerable people would be returned to self-catering accommodation. 

Last month the contractor stopped the allowances of asylum-seekers and moved more than 300 into hotels. 

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