Demands made to close all migrant hotels in Scotland as SNP and Labour blamedExclusive: The Scottish Tories have outlined plans to close all migrant hotels in Scotland amid growing public anger at an influx of asylum seekers which is making Scotland's homelessness crisis worse. ‌According to the latest published statistics, the number of asylum seekers living in Scotland increased by 131% since 2015. ‌There have been mass protests outside some migrant hotels in Scotland - in Falkirk, Perth, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire - with the Home Office promising to shut them down. in August 2020, there were 188 people being housed in Scottish hotels, this figure is now 1,656 as of September 2025. Scottish Conservative shadow housing secretary Meghan Gallacher told the Scottish Daily Express: “Communities in Scotland are understandably concerned about the ongoing use of migrant hotels across Scotland.

Source: Express February 12, 2026 12:06 UTC