Rejected petition Hold a referendum on Scotland welcoming 20,000 Afghanistan’s.
Sturgeon tweeted “While the announcement of a UK resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees is welcome in principle, the commitment to 20,000 in ‘long term’ and just 5000 this year is woefully inadequate. I call on UK Gov to go further to meet its responsibilities. @scotgov ready to play full part".
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Tweet Link Here - https://twitter.com/nicolasturgeon/status/1427930482805780480?s=21
Scotland has a major issue with drugs. With 1,339 deaths registered, the highest number since records began we should be focussing on issues at home including our own homelessness, mental health crisis and on top of that, due to Covid, the economy is crashing.
This decision should never have been made with no vote from the public. No one was elected on a manifesto or promise to do this.
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