Exiled in Scotland Catalan independence leader seeks refuge here from arrest warrant in Spain

A LEADING Catalan politician who is facing jail in Spain has gone into exile in Scotland, taking refuge in St Andrews last week. Economist and academic Clara Ponsati was appointed education minister – Councillor of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia – by former president Carles Puigdemont in July last year, and only resigned within the last few days.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16079073.Exiled_in_Scotland_Catalan_independence_leader_seeks_refuge_here_from_arrest_warrant_in_Spain/