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The secret scandal of the refugee beggars

Government policy is putting failed asylum seekers on the streets and into a limbo existence of despair INVESTIGATION BY NEIL MACKAY

TIME has just about run out for Lidya Ghebrehiwet. If it wasn't for a combination of charity and luck, the 26-year-old Eritrean would be sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow tonight.