AN ASYLUM seeker family has won the right to return to the Glasgow community they call home.

But the future is still uncertain for single mum Sharon Sylvie Nasuna and her two-year-old son Shaun, who were due to be deported on Sunday but have won a temporary reprieve.

Sharon and Shaun are relieved to be welcomed back into Kennishead, on the city's South Side, where they have lived for nine months.

But they know they could still be sent back to Uganda at any time.

Sharon fears she will be tortured and imprisoned if she returns to her homeland and has submitted a fresh asylum application to stay on in the community she loves.

Lawyers have secured a judicial review - and the family was released from Dungavel on Saturday morning - just hours before they were due to board a flight to Uganda.

Neighbours and friends in Kennishead, devastated at the family's removal last week, are delighted to have them back.

Community representatives presented Sharon and Shaun with a welcome home' cake on their arrival at the drop-in centre, a weekly gathering of asylum seekers, refugees and Glaswegians.

Caroline Lang, of Greater Pollok Integration Network, who had been visiting the family in Dungavel, said: "We are so relieved they have been released. Sharon is really happy to be back in Kennishead but she is still very scared.

"The community is over the moon to have her and Shaun back."

Since arriving in Kennishead last July after fleeing political persecution in Uganda, the 31-year-old former hairdresser has thrown herself into community life.

A member of Kennishead Asylum Seeking Women's Group, Sharon also visits South Side schools to give talks on the cultural differences between life in Uganda and Glasgow.

Caroline said: "Sharon is a fully integrated member of our community. She and Shaun see Kennishead as their home.

"She wants to stay here where she feels safe. She received a letter recently telling her there were wanted' posters up for her in Uganda - simply because she's a member of the opposition party."

Greater Pollok Integration Network supports asylum seekers and refugees and promotes community integration.