[ CYPHER CODE #514 ]
A school system is always the first place a society reveals its stress fractures.

[ CYPHER CODE #515 ]
A city that becomes an asylum hub by policy will face consequences by math.

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When one in three children can’t speak the national language, integration isn’t happening. It’s being avoided.

BRIEFING

Grant here. There’s something seriously concerning happening in Scotland right now, and it seems like not enough people are zooming out and looking at what’s really happening on a larger scale. The numbers are in, and nearly 30% of Glasgow’s schoolchildren can’t speak English. Let’s break it down.

That’s right, nearly one in three students in the city’s schools now requires English-language support. And to be clear, this isn’t some cultural “flex” or a charming statistic for a diversity brochure. No, it’s a measurable indicator that the integration of foreign immigrants isn’t being managed properly, and classrooms are carrying the weight.

We all know why these numbers are spiking, and it’s definitely not by accident. Scotland’s housing rules, asylum incentives, and political messaging created a pipeline that funneled more immigrants into Glasgow than any other local authority in the UK. And while leaders celebrate the city’s “enrichment,” teachers are left stretching resources across dozens of languages in classrooms already struggling to meet basic standards.

It’s a complete and utter sh*t show over there…

SOURCE

According to data collected by the Scottish government, 28.8 per cent of students in the city’s schools speak English as an additional language (EAL), the highest anywhere in Scotland.

The number of these students, classed as EAL learners, has grown by nearly a third since 2019, when 22.5 per cent of students fell into the category.

Data collected last September showed that out of 71,957 students in Glasgow’s schools, 20,717 spoke English as an additional language.

This category covers pupils who are new to English and still developing competence and fluency.

The city council provides specialist teachers to help some of these pupils, while others receive direct support from their classroom teacher.

The figures will add to growing concerns about the capacity of the city, now branded Britain’s asylum capital, to cope with the influx of new arrivals.

Glasgow is already accommodating more asylum seekers than any other local authority in the UK, with 3,777 being housed at the end of September.

And here’s the part from The Telegraph piece that’s really important to zero in on:

Refugees are thought to be drawn to the city by Scottish rules requiring councils to house all unintentionally homeless people, including single men, not just those in “priority need” like families with children as is the case in England.

Homeless refugees are reported to have travelled from as far as Belfast, Birmingham, London, Manchester and Liverpool to get to the city.

So essentially, Scotland seems to be flinging the doors wide open to pretty much anyone in need, and as a result, a lot of those are single men. Not families in need.

DEBRIEFING

The overall trend happening here in Glasgow’s numbers isn’t a mystery; really, it all comes down to policy. When a government creates incentives that guarantee housing to anyone classified as “unintentionally homeless,” including single men, it shouldn’t surprise anyone when people travel across the UK to take advantage of it.

Glasgow is a city that already holds the largest asylum population in the UK, and now they’re trying to integrate nearly 30% of students who require English support. To say they’re being “stretched thin” would be the understatement of the century.

This is not a city that’s “thriving” on diversity. More accurately, they’re up the creek without a paddle.

NOW YOU KNOW

Incentives built the crisis, and the schools are carrying the cost.