Glasgow Politicians Call on Home Office to Halt Immigration Raids

Scotland: Leading Glasgow politicians have written to the Home Office telling officials to stop unannounced immigration raids, as the Scottish Refugee Council urged Police Scotland to “push back” against further operations. Their demands came a week after a peaceful protest prevented the detention of two men in the south of the city.

The cross-party signatories, who included Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, and the leader of the Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie, said in a joint letter: “We are proud to say that, for more a decade, regardless of who has been in power in Scotland, there has been cross-party opposition to dawn raids.” They described the home office operations as “expensive, harmful, lacking in compassion and more often than not aimed at people who are no threat to public safety”.

Read more: Libby Brooks, Guardian, https://is.gd/VIX32x