Motion S4M-07552: James Dornan, Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30/08/2013 Condemning the Home Office's Go Home Poster Pilot.

That the Parliament strongly condemns the actions of the Home Office in, it considers, trying to intimidate and harass asylum seekers, many of whom have fled their homeland in terror, into going back to their home country; understands that its Brand Street office in Glasgow is part of a pilot scheme in which leaflets and posters with slogans such as "Go Home” are plastered across a room where asylum seekers have to wait to sign on and from which the public is barred; further understands that there is even a poster of an aeroplane with the message "The plane can take you home. We can book the tickets" and another showing a person sleeping on the streets with the message "Is life here hard? Going home is simple"; deplores what it considers this attempt to instil fear and intimidate some of the most vulnerable people in society; urges the UK Border Agency to immediately cease what it considers this abhorrent pilot scheme, which is also taking place in Hounslow, London, and believes that Scotland should have a humane asylum system that recognises the inherent worth of all human beings, regardless of where they used to call home, and supports them in making a life here in Scotland.



Motion S4M-07587: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 04/09/2013

Condemning the Home Office's Go Home Campaign

That the Parliament strongly condemns the Home Office’s Go Home van and poster campaign; is pleased that the Advertising Standards Agency is investigating this campaign; does not believe that fear and intimidation is ever an appropriate way of addressing illegal migration; urges the UK Border Agency to immediately cease what it considers this offensive and discriminatory pilot scheme, and believes that, rather than being subjected to intimidation and discrimination, asylum seekers should be supported through the refugee application process and that the UK’s asylum system should always recognise the inherent worth of all human beings, regardless of where they used to call home.

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