Fabiani and McKelvie to join show of solidarity with Dungavel mothers

Central Scotland SNP MSPs, Linda Fabiani and Christina McKelvie, will join the annual Mother’s Day show of solidarity with asylum-seeker women detained inside Dungavel this Sunday.

The Mother’s Day Solidarity Gathering outside Dungavel Detention Centre is organised by Justice and Peace Scotland and begins at 1pm on Sunday 22nd March.

Both Ms Fabiani and Ms McKelvie, whose shared constituency contains Dungavel, are long-time campaigners against the incarceration of asylum-seekers.

Linda Fabiani said:
“Once again we mark yet another year when women who have come to Scotland seeking sanctuary from persecution and threats to their lives instead find themselves locked up like criminals. The SNP has always opposed this shameful treatment of vulnerable people on Scottish soil and we will continue to speak out against it until we secure an end to the detention of asylum-seekers in Dungavel.”

Christina McKelvie said:
“I am saddened and angry that the UK Government continues to pursue their disgraceful policy of incarcerating asylum-seekers without judicial scrutiny. I will once again join Justice and Peace Scotland on Mother’s Day to demonstrate solidarity with and support for the women who are trapped in this cruel system.”