🏴☠️A migrant charity says it is considering legal action against the Home Office for “casting aspersions” on two Indian nationals detained in Glasgow as illegal immigrants... 
Demonstrators blocked the vehicle from leaving the Pollokshields area of the city for several hours on Thursday with one even lying underneath its axles. Officials eventually released the pair on public safety grounds...
Now charity Positive Action in Housing has said it is investigating the possibility of bringing action against the government. Director Robina Qureshi said: “The Home Office has referred to these men as illegal...
Well, they are wrong, and we are now investigating legal action against the Home Office for casting such aspersions. “The term ‘illegal’ in this context is part of the hostile environment...
It’s not appropriate to use it for people who have lived in the UK for several years and are part of a community.”
Mr Singh and Mr Sehdev, both in their thirties and reportedly a mechanic and chef respectively, have become much respected members of the local community...
Mr Singh and Mr Sehdev, both in their thirties and reportedly a mechanic and chef respectively, have become much respected members of the local community...
And he said: “Dawn raid vans have no place going into communities dragging innocent people from their homes. They are not, categorically not, criminals.” The Home Office has not yet responded to the development. Source @Independent
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