Glasgow: Protests to stop eviction of migrants

Justice and Peace Scotland were present last night, 31st July 2018, at a protest in Glasgow attended by around 500 people to protest at the planned imminent eviction of 300 asylum seekers in the city.

Dorothy McLean, Chair of Glasgow Justice and Peace Commission said: "Pope Francis constantly reminds us of our duty as Christians to welcome the stranger. Glasgow Justice and Peace Commission regrets that as a result of the recent decision by Serco 300 people in Glasgow will be made homeless."

Archbishop Philip Tartaglia commented: "I hate to think of a hostile environment being deliberately created to make life harder for people coming to this country. I ask the authorities to re-think their decision to evict these poor people."

Bishop William Nolan, President of Justice and Peace Scotland added: "Pope Francis urges us to see in the refugee and asylum seeker a fellow human being in need and to respond with compassion. The decision to evict 300 asylum seekers and render them homeless is no way to treat someone in need. For years Justice and Peace Scotland has campaigned against Dungavel detention centre, where asylum seekers can be held indefinitely. These evictions are yet another example of official policies and procedures that lack humanity."

For more information see:

www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/Home/tabid/40/ctl/details/itemid/2543/mid/531/hundreds-of-scots-asylum-seekers-to-become-homeless-as-brutal-and-inhumane-cont.aspx

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/01/glasgow-council-warns-humanitarian-crisis-refugee-evictions-serco

www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk