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Kenmure Street Residents Block Deportation, Free Two Sikh Men

5/21/2026

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May 13, 2021, Kenmure Street residents blocked a deportation van and freed two Indian Sikh men.
The raid was approved by the U.K. government without Scottish consent on Eid al-Fitr.
Hundreds of Pollokshields neighbours gathered after police placed the men in an Immigration Enforcement van.
Filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra directed the documentary “Everybody to Kenmure Street,” which mixes footage, interviews and staged scenes to recount the protest.

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Story summary

May 13, 2021, Kenmure Street residents blocked a deportation van and freed two Indian Sikh men.
The raid was approved by the U.K. government without Scottish consent on Eid al-Fitr.
Hundreds of Pollokshields neighbours gathered after police placed the men in an Immigration Enforcement van.
Filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra directed the documentary “Everybody to Kenmure Street,” which mixes footage, interviews and staged scenes to recount the protest.