More than 2000 people came to Dungavel detention centre for asylum seekers, in Ayrshire, to demonstrate. They were calling for the closure of the centre and for an end to the barbaric practice of detaining children, in prison conditions, with poor access to education. There were speakers from refugee campaigns, the STUC, the Greens and the SNP as well as individuals from Labour and Liberal-Democrats who were opposing the line of the Scottish Executive. Rosie Kane MSP spoke on behalf of the SSP and the biggest cheers of the day were for Mercy Ikolo, who was recently bailed from Dungavel and is now staying with Rosie Kane.

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