Free asylum seeker bus travel scheme back by 2026 – Hyslop

Maggie Chapman, the party’s justice and equality spokeswoman, said: “Now, if ever, is the time for Scotland’s rhetoric to become reality.

“It is not at times of plenty that our promises are tested, but days like these, when temptation to abandon them is strongest.”

Scottish Greens leader Patrick Harvie said asylum seekers were among the “most vulnerable” people in society, and were forced to live on around £8 a day, which would barely cover a bus ticket around Glasgow.

Campaigners previously said free bus travel would help prevent isolation among people in the asylum system and allow them to attend GPs, solicitors, language lessons and volunteering projects.

Hyslop said the scheme had the potential to be “transformative” for helping asylum seekers integrate into their communities.

But she said the Scottish government only had “limited tools” to do so due to funding from the UK government.