Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has backed his party’s plans to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as he insisted that levels of illegal immigration were now “unsustainable”.

The Conservative used a debate at Holyrood to claim that “illegal immigration is causing strain in our local communities and on our nation’s finances”.

He told MSPs: “That is why I endorse Kemi Badenoch’s plan to withdraw from the ECHR and to deport those who do come here illegally.

“This is the only credible way we can again take control of our borders.”

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He spoke out as Tories brought forward a motion raising concerns about the impact of illegal migration on housing in Scotland to Holyrood.

Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan, however, hit out at this “right-wing nonse

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