Glasgow protesters rejoice as men freed after immigration van standoff

Hundreds of people surrounded vehicle men were held in and chanted these are our neighbours, let them go'

Campaigners have hailed a victory for Glaswegian solidarity and told the Home Office you messed with the wrong city" as two men detained by UK Immigration Enforcement were released back into their community after a day of protest.

Police Scotland intervened to free the men after a tense day-long standoff between immigration officials and hundreds of local residents, who surrounded their van in a residential street on the southside of Glasgow to stop the detention of the men during Eid al-Fitr.