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| Protest to stop Ugandan's removal | Protest to stop Ugandan's removal |
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| About 70 people have held a demonstration in Glasgow calling for the release of a Ugandan asylum seeker and her children. | About 70 people have held a demonstration in Glasgow calling for the release of a Ugandan asylum seeker and her children. |
| Zahra Byansi and her two sons were arrested at Brand Street immigration centre in Govan on Monday. | Zahra Byansi and her two sons were arrested at Brand Street immigration centre in Govan on Monday. |
| Campaign group Positive Action in Housing claim the family are due to be deported to Uganda on 17 January. | Campaign group Positive Action in Housing claim the family are due to be deported to Uganda on 17 January. |
| Campaigners said Ms Byansi was an upstanding member of the community who should be allowed to stay in Scotland. | Campaigners said Ms Byansi was an upstanding member of the community who should be allowed to stay in Scotland. |
| The family were taken to the Dungavel asylum detention centre in South Lanarkshire but have now been moved to Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre in England. | The family were taken to the Dungavel asylum detention centre in South Lanarkshire but have now been moved to Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre in England. |
| Their application for asylum in Scotland had been refused. | Their application for asylum in Scotland had been refused. |
| The Home Office said it would not comment on individual cases. | |
| A spokesman added: "Failed asylum seekers who have no right to remain in the country will be removed. | |
| "The government will take a robust approach to their removal... This is done in the most sensitive way possible." | |
| Ms Byansi and her two children, aged five and 12, had lived in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow for four years. | Ms Byansi and her two children, aged five and 12, had lived in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow for four years. |
| Demonstrators protested at the immigration centre | Demonstrators protested at the immigration centre |
| SNP MSP for Glasgow Sandra White said she had been "targeted" for removal because of her high profile campaigning for other asylum seekers. | SNP MSP for Glasgow Sandra White said she had been "targeted" for removal because of her high profile campaigning for other asylum seekers. |
| She said: "The unfortunate thing is people come along here to Brand St to sign and they have to give their fingerprints. | She said: "The unfortunate thing is people come along here to Brand St to sign and they have to give their fingerprints. |
| "They are taken to another room, put in a van and swooped down to Yarls Wood without being able to go back to get their belongings. | "They are taken to another room, put in a van and swooped down to Yarls Wood without being able to go back to get their belongings. |
| "That is inhuman and has to stop." | "That is inhuman and has to stop." |
| Campaigner Amal Azzudin visited Ms Byansi in Dungavel earlier in the week. | Campaigner Amal Azzudin visited Ms Byansi in Dungavel earlier in the week. |
| She said: "Her son, who is five, said 'tell my teachers I am holiday'. What kind of holiday is that, to be locked up? It is something that will scar him for life." | She said: "Her son, who is five, said 'tell my teachers I am holiday'. What kind of holiday is that, to be locked up? It is something that will scar him for life." |
| Ms Azzudin said Ms Byansi's older son was very depressed by the experience. | Ms Azzudin said Ms Byansi's older son was very depressed by the experience. |