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Glaswegians vow to ‘lock Serco out of our city’ as outsourcing giant carries out refugee evictions

GLASWEGIANS vowed to “lock Serco out of our city” today as the scandal-ridden outsourcing giant pressed on with evicting 300 refugees.

The company, which holds the contract for housing asylum-seekers in Glasgow, wants to evict those who have been denied leave to remain in Britain by the Home Office.

 

.@Living_Rent heading to take symbolic action with padlocks against Serco pic.twitter.com/XHK2VmyubK

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