Sunday, April 13, 2008

MSP searched at refugee centre demo

Although police had removed all refugees from the Dungavel immigration removal centre before today's protest, around 200 demonstrators, organised by the Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees and the Scottish Socialist party, ringed the centre , which is about 30 miles south west of Edinburgh.

MSP Carolyn Leckie was charged by police for refusing to let officers search her handbag on her arrival at Dungavel. She was charged under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act.

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