Protesters Thwart Dawn Raid On Asylum Family
Immigration officials yesterday abandoned a dawn raid on a family of failed asylum seekers after demonstrators gathered outside the tower block where they live. An early-morning candlelight vigil was being held by up to 200 people outside the Kingsway Court flats in Glasgow when police and immigration officials arrived at 6.40am to detain a family of Turkish Kurds. After angry scenes in which other asylum seekers and supporters shouted at officials, it emerged the parents of the family to be detained, Ali and Fatma Uzun, were not at home – they had joined the protest.
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