SCOTLAND doesn’t have to be the country of Downing Street but can be the “Scotland of Kenmure Street”, Lorna Slater told the Edinburgh Yes…
Slater invoked the powerful message of the Kenmure Street protests in May 2021 in Glasgow, where the community turned out to stop the detention of two Sikh men of Indian origin by the Home Office.The attempt at a dawn raid, during Eid in the diverse neighbourhood of Pollokshields, led to hundreds of residents surrounding the van they were detained in until they were released.
Slater told the crowd that Westminster was also “pushing back” on work that Holyrood was doing for equalities and the environment.“We don't have to be the Scotland of Downing Street, we can be the Scotland of Kenmure Street. The Scottish Greens MSP attended the launch event with First Minister Humza Yousaf and said she found it “inspiring”.
“And how many years of people's lives are wasted in the current asylum system of the UK where asylum seekers can't work. You know, they waste years of their talent.
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