Police Scotland Hides True Scale of Asylum Hotel Crime Over Fears of Sparking Violence

Police Scotland is hiding the true scale of asylum hotel crime by refusing to release the number of call-outs over fears the data could spark violence and “heighten community tensions”. The Scottish Daily Express has the story.

The national force was slammed for dodging a “reasonable request” from the Scottish Daily Express to reveal the true scale of crime at migrant hotels in Scotland.

Police bosses admitted they are concerned that releasing the data will result in more angry scenes outside the hotels, after a number of high-profile protests and counter-protests across Scotland last year.

Our Freedom of Information request asked for the number of incidents, including crimes recorded, police call-outs and arrests made, at five migrant hotels.

They were: the Muthu Glasgow River Hotel in Erskine; McLays Guest House in Glasgow; The Watermill Hotel in Paisley; The Bruce Hotel in East Kilbride; and the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk – scene of many of last summer’s protests.

McLays Guest House and The Bruce Hotel have never been confirmed as hosting migrants before. However, Police Scotland said: “Our understanding of the locations listed in your request is that they are currently, or have recently, been used to house homeless individuals, including refugees or asylum seekers.”

But the officials added: “Whilst we have disclosed data for such premises in the past, we are increasingly aware of heightened community tensions regarding the use of such premises, particularly as connected to asylum/immigration matters, and that means that the likelihood of harm from the disclosure of related data has increased significantly.”

And summing up the reasons for refusing our request, Police Scotland stated: “Furthermore, in the current climate it is our assessment that data regarding these premises have the potential to increase community tensions around these properties, which would not only require an increased police response but could also put individuals (police officers, residents and the wider public) at increased risk of physical harm.”

Scottish Conservative Shadow Justice Secretary Liam Kerr said: “Too many public bodies take their lead from an SNP Government that’s addicted to secrecy as a means of avoiding legitimate questions. This is a reasonable request for information and Police Scotland should provide it, rather than hiding behind spurious excuses.”

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JAMSTER
JAMSTER
1 month ago

Rather than use up valuable police time in dealing with crimes perpetrated by these illegal immigrants residing, at our considerable expense, in nice hotels, why not turn all the hotels into secure prisons ?? Fix bars on all the windows and only let the inmates out to enjoy the fresh air and incessant West of Skoatland rain into an area fenced off with 20 ft tall razor-wire fences. For good measure, one could have watch towers around the perimeter, staffed by armed guards holding “shoot on sight” authority. That might reduce the rate of crimes in the surrounding areas.

Gezza England
Gezza England
1 month ago
Reply to  JAMSTER

I was going to suggest electric fences but with energy costs rising possibly not so it will have to be anti-personnel mines – debollockers as they are known.

JAMSTER
JAMSTER
1 month ago
Reply to  Gezza England

Razor wire and debollockers sounds like a good combination. Apart from anything else, a good debollocking has the potential to reduce the incidence of rape affecting young white girls / women in the vicinity.

EppingBlogger
1 month ago

This must surely be wrong.

The SNP has told us all for years how they want more immigration.

Jeff Chambers
Jeff Chambers
1 month ago

Police Scotland said: “… the locations listed … [are] … used to house homeless individuals, including refugees or asylum seekers.”

This language gives the game away. Most of these people are not “refugees or asylum seekers”, they are economic migrants who are falsely claiming to be refugees/asylum seekers. Everyone knows this. But Police Scotland cannot bring themselves to describe these people honestly. This lack of honesty is a sign of an ideological commitment which shows that Police Scotland is no longer committed to the defense of the Scottish people.

transmissionofflame
1 month ago

Always the same story. Create a problem, cause a reaction, provide a solution (not a solution that solves the problem, but one that hides it or blames everyone but the creator for it).

Tonka Rigger
1 month ago

Surely the answer is in their response?

happycake78
happycake78
1 month ago

Cannot hide forever!

RTSC
RTSC
1 month ago

Basically an admission that these hotels are hotbeds of imported crime and criminals.

Grim Ace
Grim Ace
1 month ago

Jockistan is a communist police state, Jimmy!
So the polizei-stasi of Scottistan have therefore confirmed that there are higher numbers of crimes committed by people housed in these places, simply by denying the information. The chiefs of police should be put on trial for treason against the people, along with the evil politicians who enabled this invasion of our homeland.

varmint
1 month ago
Reply to  Grim Ace

Yet people keep voting SNP.—— But all Leftist Party’s are the same anyway. They are all aligned with the global government agenda that does not care where all the people live as they want to govern us all anyway. Infact erasing the Nation State is the best way to achieve global governance as we all just then feel like good little global citizens governed from afar by technocrats at the UN/WEF we never heard of or voted for.

varmint
1 month ago

Official Policy involves finding a beach and getting down on your knees and sliding your head gently into the sand.
I live in a small town of about 40,000 peole in the east of Scotland. Until about 5-10 years ago there was one person of African descent lived here. Everyone knew who he was. But since then there have been hundreds of arrivals. This is an increase of 1000’s of a percent as migrants are dispersed all over the country. It is now virtually impossible to go anywhere in this town without seeing migrants. So it must be the same in every other town in the country. Immigration is a FREE FOR ALL and at this rate of mass immigration national identity, culture and tradition will be erased, and ofcourse that is the whole idea.

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