A Scottish charity which supports refugees and asylum seekers has said it is struggling to cope with a sharp rise in demand.

The Refugee Survival Trust has handed out more than £130,000 in emergency grants over the last year.

The charity said that amount has risen significantly over the last two years, leaving its funding "dangerously low".

It has raised concerns about the prospect of up to 300 failed asylum seekers being made homeless in Glasgow.

Coordinator Zoe Holliday said: "We have seen applications to our emergency destitution grants programme reach an all-time high over the past year, with no signs of abating.

"We have been struggling to meet this demand and there is a very real possibility that funds will run out in the near future, leaving thousands of incredibly vulnerable people in Scotland without this essential safety net."

Home Office housing contractor Serco will reportedly hand out notices to tenants in Glasgow this week, warning they face being locked out of their homes.

The majority are understood to be single men and women whose applications for asylum have been denied.

"Third-sector organisations in Glasgow are already stretched to the limit and simply do not have the capacity to meet a sudden surge in demand for people needing accommodation and financial support," Ms Holliday added.

Glasgow refugee charity Positive Action in Housing has made an emergency appeal for donations to help it cope with the situation.

Spokeswoman Robina Qureshi said: "We have been told by several Serco residents that they have considered suicide.

"It is a chilling reminder of the triple suicide of an asylum seeking couple and their son in Glasgow's Red Road flats in 2010, on the day they were told they had to get out of their Home Office flat.

"To avoid lock changes, some Serco residents have stopped going to college or leaving their flats to buy milk or bread."

Serco has been approached for comment.