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Protesters thwart Home Office immigration raid in Edinburgh

PROTESTERS claimed to have thwarted a Home Office immigration raid in Edinburgh on Thursday in scenes reminiscent of the Kenmure Street action in Glasgow one year ago. 

Around 100 people surrounded two Home Office immigration removal vans in the Potterrow area of the city after activists released a callout on social media at around 6.30pm warning of a potential immigration raid on a restaurant.  

Protesters also blocked the road and climbed onto the vans parked outside the Beirut restaurant on Marshall Street. Crowds chanted: “Immigrants and refugees are welcome here.”

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