NICOLA Sturgeon has condemned neo-nazi hate stickers appearing in Glasgow following the EU referendum.

The First Minister agreed with a fellow Glasgow MSP those who peddled such hate were not welcome in Scotland.

The Evening Times reported earlier this week how stickers with swastikas and whites only slogans were appearing along the River Clyde walkway and on public monuments.

Ms Sturgeon was asked about the racist vandalism by Glasgow Labour MSP, Anas Sarwar, who said the people who were unwelcome were those who were promoting hate.

Mr Sarwar said stickers proclaiming “white zones” had been seen and he said: “There are reports that first, second and even third generation migrants are being told to go home.

“Can we therefore send a unified message from this parliament to our immigrants directly that this is your home, and to the spreaders of hate that the people not welcome here are not migrants but you and your hateful message?”

Mr Sarwar was applauded by members of all parties in the packed parliament chamber.

Ms Sturgeon said: “Absolutely I couldn’t agree more.

“So let’s make this clear it doesn’t matter wither you are first, second, third or fourth generation.

“It doesn’t matter if you come forma European country or a country outside the EU. This is your home we are proud to have you here.”

She ended by echoing Mr Sarwar’s message.

She added: “And for those who say anything else it is them who do not speak for Scotland not those who have chosen to make this their home. “

Meanwhile Patrick Harvie, Green MSP for Glasgow, called on the First Minister to seek action from the UK government to ensure people from EU countries currently living in Scotland are allowed to stay.

He said: “This must be the first time in generations that a political decision has resulted in so many of our friends and neighbours living in fear and uncertainty about something so fundamental as where they will be allowed to live, and I know that the First Minister shares that concern.

He asked :”Does the First Minister agree that the way for the United Kingdom Government to allay those concerns is to introduce urgent emergency legislation to immediately give all EU citizens who are already in this country indefinite leave to remain?”

Ms Sturgeon said it was abhorrent how people had been made to feel about the country they had chosen to make their home.

She said: “The UK Government should now make it clear to everybody who lives in this country and is from another European country that their right to remain here will not be affected by anything that happens during the Brexit negotiations.

“That would be an important step forward, and I hope that the declared candidates for the Conservative leadership will each make that clear during their campaign to be the new leader of the Tory party. We will continue to make that case.”

Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale agreed that people from the other EU countries living in Scotland should be allowed to say here.

She said: “The First Minister is right to seek reassurance regarding the status of EU migrants living in Scotland, and I give her the support of members on the Labour benches for that specific ask, which should be given and given now.”