A FAMILY of asylum seekers have won the right to return to the Glasgow community they call home.

But the future remains uncertain for single mother Misbah Ali, her son Sharhoiz, 6, and daughter Noor, 4, who were taken to London this week to be deported but won a last-gasp reprieve.

Today as they were welcomed back into the Govan community where they have lived for nearly a year, they know they could be sent back to Pakistan at any time - to face violence and persecution.

Misbah wants to be able to stay on in Howat Street where she and her children feel safe and happy.

Little Sharhoiz, who suffers from epilepsy, is popular among his peers at Hills Trust Primary. Every day he and his classmate Leon, who live in the same close, walk to school together.

Neighbour Mhairi McAlpine said: "Misbah and I have become friends as my son Leon is in the same class as Sharhoiz.

"They are such a lovely family. It's taken a long time for them to come out of their shell. Now they are living in fear again.

"It's absolutely disgusting the way they have been treated."

Memories of life in Pakistan still haunt Sharhoiz and sometimes he is scared to leave his mother.

Misbah and her two children fled their homeland in September 2006 after what she says were years of mental and physical abuse at the hands of her own husband.

Phil Jones of the Unity Centre in Ibrox, which has campaigned for the Ali family's release, said: "This family have been through so much.

"They are relieved to be back in Glasgow. But having been taken away once they are now living in fear of being removed."

The family were arrested in Glasgow just over a week ago without any prior warning.

They were bundled into a van and taken to Dungavel before being moved to Tinsely House in London.

Immigration officials had booked the Ali family on a flight on Wednesday to Pakistan and they were preparing for the worst.

But Glasgow lawyer David McGlashan managed to save them from deportation after lodging a last-minute legal bid.

Their fate now hinges on the outcome of a judicial review of their case - with no date set as yet.

There are grave concerns about the Ali family's safety should they be sent back to Pakistan where domestic abuse can be overlooked by the authorities.