Launch of the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland.
- 2 years ago
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, at the launch of the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland.
This inquiry was instigated by Refugees for Justice, and conducted independently by Baroness Kennedy (Chair) and the Inquiry panel. It has heard evidence from multiple sources, which has informed the panel's recommendations in the report.
Speakers at the event will include Baroness Helena Kennedy, members of the inquiry panel, and crucially, those whose lives were directly affected by the events in Glasgow in 2020.
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC's independent report, published today, found "it would appear that commercial imperatives were put ahead of human needs".
Glasgow Park Inn hotel stabbings 'an avoidable tragedy' asylum inquiry report finds
Six people suffered wounds at the hotel in Glasgow city centre, with perpetrator Badreddin Abdalla Adam shot dead by police.
Baroness Kennedy has said the asylum system is in urgent need of reform - and has called for a statutory inquiry into how the Home Office and its contractors met safeguarding duties during covid.
This inquiry was instigated by Refugees for Justice, and conducted independently by Baroness Kennedy (Chair) and the Inquiry panel. It has heard evidence from multiple sources, which has informed the panel's recommendations in the report.
Speakers at the event will include Baroness Helena Kennedy, members of the inquiry panel, and crucially, those whose lives were directly affected by the events in Glasgow in 2020.
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC's independent report, published today, found "it would appear that commercial imperatives were put ahead of human needs".
Glasgow Park Inn hotel stabbings 'an avoidable tragedy' asylum inquiry report finds
Six people suffered wounds at the hotel in Glasgow city centre, with perpetrator Badreddin Abdalla Adam shot dead by police.
Baroness Kennedy has said the asylum system is in urgent need of reform - and has called for a statutory inquiry into how the Home Office and its contractors met safeguarding duties during covid.