A street in Scotland s largest city has been blockaded by protestors in an attempt to stop immigration officials from detaining a group of people. A crowd reported to be in the hundreds surrounded the UK Border Agency van after word spread of the swoop in Glasgow s Pollokshields area. Police have been deployed to hold back the crowds, but there are reports of at least one person lying beneath the van to prevent it from moving. Local politicians have condemned the raid, with one SNP councillor saying she intended to raise the issue with UK Government Ministers. Around twenty police officers surrounded the van in Kenmure Street. Dozens of local people protested the move.
Ivan Menezes, CEO, Diageo
Since becoming the CEO of Diageo (DGE.L) in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company.
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In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’.
The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year.
2020 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fourth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity.
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Heathrow Airport has announced plans to re-direct certain flights to other British airports or even EU hubs to ease
pressure of hours waiting on border queues, BBC reported. With mounting paperwork concerning
UK arrivals over the last six months, the queues grew longer and now the entry into
UK may take as long as 5-6 hours. So far the airport has managed the situation by keeping passengers on the planes to avoid overcrowding on the ground.
Heathrow wants to see more staff processing passengers at the border, and for the passenger locator form that all passengers must now show on arrival to be automated so that passengers could use the e-gates.
Pictures show people sitting on road in front of immigration enforcement van and crowd surrounding vehicle
Around 200 protesters at scene, with chants of leave our neighbours, let them go and cops go home heard
Nicola Sturgeon said she is deeply concerned over the incident in heart of a community celebrating Eid
A Police Scotland spokesman said officers were called to support colleagues at the UK Border Agency
It s believed around two hundred residents are currently on the scene protesting the move. Chants of let them go and we won t leave until the people are free can be heard. Others have shouted: These are our neighbours. Glasgow MP Alison Thewliss was among those to condemn the Home Office action, writing: This is absolutely awful, but heartened to see local residents in Pollokshields standing up for their neighbours and refusing to accept the brutality of the UK Home Office. I m here at Kenmure Street where residents are blockading an immigration enforcement van. Its understood officers attempted a raid but the South Side residents have stepped in to stop them being detained. pic.twitter.com/Ty3meUhD1V Lauren Gilmour (@lorne sausage) May 13, 2021