A crowd is gathering outside a Glasgow immigration reporting centre, prompting a police response.
Officers are now stationed at the centre in Govan's Brand Street this afternoon following reports on social media which claim a person is being detained inside the building. There has been no confirmation from any official sources on whether this is true.
"They are pulled away from their families. They have a dreadful, frightening journey and then they come to this. They are absolutely petrified and don't know what to do and who to turn to."I want to be another nationality. I don't want to be British. I am ashamed to be saying I am British. It is horrible what they are doing. They don't care about the suffering they are causing."One person at the scene told the Glasgow Times:"We don't have all the information.
"We are concerned about local people. If you want to come and try and save our local Glaswegian, just like ourselves come down.Green Councillor Anthony Carroll said:"Today I am here as we have had another call in terms of the hostile environment the Home Office has been part of."This feeling exists of a very tense atmosphere. Today someone is being forcibly removed from their home."They in a very adverse way wish to seek to stop people seeking asylum.
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