| Comment | The UK Government has a policy of “hostile environment” toward undocumented immigrants and as a part of that they’ve begun doing “dawn raids” against people here illegally. Essentially immigration enforcement show up very early in the morning to catch immigrants off guard, round them up and put them in a detention centre. These detention centres are notorious for their high suicide rates due to overcrowding, poor conditions, mental health crises and lack of services. Today, which happens to be the muslim holiday Eid which marks the end of Ramadan, immigration enforcers turned up in Pollokshields and tried to take away two muslim men. Their neighbours noticed and blocked the van in and over the course of the day more neighbours and people from around Glasgow travelled to Pollokshields to join the protest.
Edit: I should also add that Glasgow has a hostory of resisting “dawn raids” - the Glasgow Girls famously campaigned against them and they were banned for ages afterwards. Recently theyve begun again. |
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