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Glasgow's 43% Refugee Homelessness Share Burdens Council Budgets to £74m Peak
1,685 claims drive costs from £38m to £74m by 2027-28
Ex-asylum seekers comprise 43% of Glasgow's homelessness applications, costing councils £74m by 2027 amid 6,000-person waits. Central dispersal and backlog policies overload local housing without resolution.