POLICE in Glasgow were forced to release two asylum-seekers today after a large crowd prevented immigration enforcement officers from completing an eviction operation.  

Officers removed two men from their home in the Pollokshields area of the city in the morning, but campaigners surrounded the officers’ van to prevent them from leaving.

One protester was able to crawl underneath the vehicle to ensure that it didn’t move and a large crowd gathered throughout the day, with numbers swelling to several hundred by the evening.