Hundreds of protesters force release of suspected illegal immigrants in Scotland
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon slammed the âunacceptableâ action by Britain s Home Office to detain the Indian men, especially as it came during celebrations for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, in an area hit by the pandemic.
The Home Office said in a statement that the men were detained in relation to suspected immigration offences and had been released on bail.
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Two men are released from an Immigration Enforcement police van in Glasgow.(AP)
Ms Sturgeon said in a tweet that Police Scotland officers had been put in an âinvidious positionâ after being called to support the Home Office operation.
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The people of Glasgow stood firm and stopped the deportation in its tracks
Locals in Polloksheilds, Glasgow, surrounded an immigration enforcement van for several hours yesterday, protesting against a deportation raid that took place during Eid al-Fitr.
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The chants from the crowd rang out: these are our neighbours, let them go! and in the small town in Southside of Glasgow suddenly, where many should have been celebrating the end of the month of Ramadan, they were fighting injustice.
Protesters in Glasgow have successfully halted the deportation of two members of their community by UK Immigration Enforcement. ✊ pic.twitter.com/lUFowVwXKO
LONDON: The UK government on Friday defended an immigration raid that inflamed tensions in Glasgow’s Muslim community at the start of Eid Al-Fitr, insisting there was no connection to the Islamic festival.
Thursday’s deportation raid targeted a property housing two illegal immigrants from India, who were not themselves believed to be Muslim.
A UK Home Office van was blockaded by hundreds of chanting protesters, and the pair were eventually released on bail as Glasgow police intervened in a bid to defuse tensions.
“The operation was routine and in no way connected to Eid. We are tackling illegal immigration and the harms it causes,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official spokesman told reporters.
2 Indian Men Freed From Detention Van After 8-Hour Protest In Scotland 2 Indian Men Freed From Detention Van After 8-Hour Protest In Scotland Sumit Sehdev, a chef, and Lakhvir Singh, a mechanic, both in their 30s, have reportedly been in the UK for 10 years.
The two were released after eight-hour protest by their neighbours in the Scottish city of Glasgow.
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Two Indian men being held in a detention van on suspected immigration offences walked free with the help of a human rights lawyer after an eight-hour protest by their neighbours in the Scottish city of Glasgow.
Sumit Sehdev, a chef, and Lakhvir Singh, a mechanic, both in their 30s, have reportedly been in the UK for 10 years.
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