BBC News Online
A protest has been held outside Greenock Prison over the detention of asylum seekers there.
Scottish Socialist MSP Frances Curran, was among the protesters. She said that the detention of asylum seekers at the jail was outrageous.
She said: "When is the penny going to drop to the Scottish Executive that people do not go on hunger strike because they are interested in getting a job or a house?
"These people are fleeing terror, they are fleeing the threat of execution, and they are fleeing torture.
"They are very vulnerable people and our society should be giving them help and support.
"We should not be slamming them in a jail cell and locking them away."