John Swinney has accused the Home Office of making up its proposals to house asylum seekers in a Highland barracks "on the back of an envelope".

The First Minister made the remarks the day after plans to place 300 men in Cameron Barracks in Inverness by early December were delayed.

The Home Office said it wanted to avoid rushed plans leading to "unsafe and chaotic situations".

It said it would proceed when facilities were "fully operational and safe".

Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Breakfast programme ahead of an anti-racism rally in Glasgow, Swinney said: "I think the Cameron barracks announcement of several weeks ago and the abrupt nature of it, and then the abrupt nature of the about-turn yesterday indicates that frankly, this has all been made up on the back of an envelope

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