THE Home Office has come under fire for calling protesters who stopped men from being detained a "mob".

Activists rushed to the scene in Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, yesterday morning at around 9.40am when they got word that two Indian nationals had been detained.

One protester managed to squeeze himself under the van, stopping the immigration enforcement officers from being able to leave the street. Police Scotland were called to the scene at 9.55am.

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A Home Office source said: "It is completely unacceptable for a mob to stop the lawful removal of people living in our country illegally. We 100% back the frontline in removing those with no right to be here."

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Michael Russell, Scotland's constitution secretary, said the comment was "utterly tone deaf".

Patrick Harvie, Scottish Greens co-leader, said: "The people who put themselves at risk to defend their neighbours from state violence today are not a 'mob.'  Today we saw the best of Glasgow, and the worst of the racist Home Office."

Murray Foote, the SNP's media chief, said Westminster is "more out of touch and distanced than ever from Scotland".

Prominent Brexit lawyer Jo Maugham references Boris Johnson's plan to "love bomb" Scotland to keep it in the UK.

The First Minister demanded that the UK Government “never again” allows a similar situation to come to pass and said that the one Tory minister she managed to speak to showed “no empathy” for those involved.

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Here's how Scotland reacted to the comment. *Warning for strong language*

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