Posted on 05/13/2021 6:15:58 PM PDT by RandFan
Police have released men detained by Border Force officials in Glasgow after protesters surrounded their van and prevented it from leaving.
Demonstrators in Pollokshields, blocked the immigration enforcement van for hours on Thursday, with one lying underneath the vehicle.
Around 200 protesters were at the scene in Kenmure Street, with chants of “Leave our neighbours, let them go” and “Cops go home” being heard as a ring of police stood around the van.
Staff from Immigration Enforcement are believed to have swooped on a property in the area on Thursday morning and detained people.
Shortly after 5pm, Police Scotland released a statement saying the men would be released.
It followed the protests, pressure from human rights groups and politicians including Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is the area’s constituency Member of Parliament.
Ms Sturgeon accused the Home Office of creating “a dangerous and unacceptable situation” with the action.
After the men’s releases, she Tweeted: “The Home Office needs to ask itself hard questions after today. Doing this on Eid, in the heart of our Muslim community, and in the midst of a serious Covid outbreak was staggeringly irresponsible - but the even deeper problem is an appalling asylum & immigration policy.”
She added: “I am proud to represent a constituency and lead a country that welcomes and shows support to asylum seekers and refugees.”
As cheering protesters escorted the released men to the local mosque, Pinar Aksu, of Maryhill Integration Network said: “They messed with the wrong city.”
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No go zone
That’s when you know you have lost control of your country.
Supposedly France is about to have a “Civil War” due to massive African and Middle Eastern immigration that now controls enclaves of entire cities there.
I expect Britain, Holland, Belgium, and the foolish Nordic nations to follow suit if they aren’t completely suicidal.
It’s going to be a long summer that’s for sure...
Learning about mob rule from the Colonies.
The world turned upside down.........again.
lol
Maybe they should have dumped bodies out of the van.
There is no rule of law at this point.
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