On Sunday, the party’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf announced that a Reform UK Government at Westminster would not build immigration detention centres in seats held by the party’s MPs, or where they were in control of the local authority.
He added, however, that they would be built in Green Party constituencies.
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Asked for clarity on how the policy would be executed north of the Border if, as polls suggest, Nigel Farage becomes prime minister, Glasgow Reform candidate Kerr said the detention centres would be built in constituencies that elect Green MSPs, and areas that elect a Reform constituency MSP would be exempted.
But the Scottish Refugee Council has now questioned this policy given only last week Kerr was saying that the party would be sending homeless refugees to rural camps if elected.
He added, when pressed, that it’s “not a concentration camp”.
The Scottish Greens, meanwhile, are only expected to challenge in seats in central Glasgow and Edinburgh in the Holyrood election later this week.
The charity hit out at the rhetoric being used this election (Image: PA)
“Mr Kerr seems to be confused. Last week, he wanted to house people seeking safety in remote rural areas of Scotland. Today, it is a totally different policy,” a Scottish Refugee Council spokesperson told The National.
“Our message is simple. Spreading disinformation and using dehumanising language to talk about refugees or people seeking asylum is dangerous, divisive and irresponsible.”
The charity added: “People fleeing war and persecution deserve to be treated with dignity and respect while they wait for a decision on their asylum claim.
“Everyone has the right to be safe and to feel like they belong. And everyone living in Scotland should have somewhere comfortable and secure to call home.”