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Kenmure Street LIVE: Glasgow residents gather to block UK Border Agency allegedly attempting to deport neighbours
Crowds of locals have gathered to stop a neighbour from being taken away for alleged deportation.
The crowds have gathered on Kenmure Street, with many surrounding the van holding their neighbour, and one person lying underneath it to stop it leaving.
Follow here for all updates on this ongoing incident.
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Kenmure Street protest RECAP: Police release two men detained by immigration officials
Family members of the two men say that they are very grateful for all the protesters who are gathered in the street.
Scottish Refugee Council are now speaking, saying they strongly oppose the action of the Home Office.
Glasgow lawyer Aamer Anwar claims at protest that the Home Office choosing today to remove these men was “deliberate, provocative and deliberately intended to incite this.”
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