‘Cramped and unsafe’: Glasgow mother and baby housing unit is closed down

The accommodation, meant for mothers seeking asylum and run by Mears Group for the Home Office, was described as prison-like'

A housing unit for mothers and babies has been forced to close after a damning report found that the cramped and unsafe" accommodation breached their human rights.

In its report, the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland said the unit, which housed asylum-seeking mothers and their children, had radiators and gas cookers dangerously close to babies' cots, a lack of natural light and little ventilation, and no space for babies to crawl, play or walk.