Police release two men being held by immigration officials TWO men that were being held by immigration officials are to be released, police have said. They were being held by immigration enforcement officers on Kenmure Street, prompting a huge protest against the move from Pollokshields residents. Police have encouraged protestors to leave the scene in order to facilitate their release. A statement released by Police Scotland on Twitter said: In order to protect the safety, public health and well-being of all people involved in the detention and subsequent protest in Kenmure Street, Pollokshields today, Superintendent Mark Sutherland has, following a suitable risk assessment, taken the operational decision to release the men detained by UK Immigration Enforcement back into their community [in the] meantime.
Crowds erupt in applause as men detained by Home Office are released after Glasgow protest
The peaceful protest began after a Home Office van carried out a raid on a Glasgow property this morning.
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The crowd crew to around 200 protesters, chanting “Leave our neighbours, let them go” and “Cops go home” as a ring of police stood around the van.
One of two men are released from the back of an Immigration Enforcement van accompanied by Mohammad Asif, director of the Afghan Human Rights Foundation, in Kenmure Street, Glasgow which is surrounded by protesters.
One man who joined the protest, compared the immigration operation on Eid to a police raid on Christmas Day.
Shortly after 5pm, Police Scotland released a statement saying the men would be released.
One of the men, Lakhvir Singh, 34, from India, spoke afterwards through a translator.
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ONE of the men released after being detained by Border Force officers in Glasgow today said he was overwhelmed by the support he got from locals.
Lakhvir Singh, 34, was one of two men taken into a Home Office van on Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, this morning. The other was named locally as Sumit Sehdev.
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One of the men released after being detained by the Home Office has thanked the people of GlasgowCredit: The Scottish Sun
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Lakhvir Singh, 34, said he was overwhelmed by the support of locals in PollokshieldsCredit: Alamy
But furious locals started a protest and refused to let the vehicle leave, chanting they are our neighbours, let them go.
Glasgow protest detainee âoverwhelmedâ by community support after being freed from Home Office custody
Lakhvir Singh was detained along with Sumit Sehdevi when the UK Border Agency ordered a raid on a Glasgow street this morning.
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