MP says blocks could be used to ease migrant crisis.
A SNP MP has called for a U-turn on the demolition of the Red Road flats so they can accommodate refugees fleeing from the war in Syria.
Anne McLaughlin, who represents Glasgow North East where the high rises are situated, said the buildings could be used to house families arriving in Scotland.
She urged the authorities to consider reviewing the programme to knock the six blocks down in a simultaneous explosion in October.
“I know nobody is in these flats now and the final ones are due to come down in mid October. But if it’s in any way feasible for the authorities to halt the demolition programme then I think they should consider doing so,” she said.
“There are also three high flats in Sighthill which people have moved out of in preparation for demolition and maybe they could be left too to provide emergency accommodation for refugees.”
The 31 storey Red Road flats were once the tallest residential structures in Europe and a beacon of hope for residents of Glasgow’s slums.
They were built in the 1960s and were intended to house almost 5,000 people as part of an effort to ease overcrowding and combat slum conditions in the east end.
But in the decades that followed, they were plagued by a range of problems.
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