A GLASGOW mum who was facing deportation after reportedly being taken from her home in a dawn raid has reportedly been released.

Beverley Vaanda Kanjii and her 14-year-old son were said to have been removed from their Bridgeton home last week by immigration officials.

They were taken to London to be flown back to Namibia, the country they fled in 2013 after suffering abuse.

But campaigners say the mother and son were released by the Home Office on Friday and driven home to Glasgow over the Easter weekend.

It is not clear if they have arrived in the city yet.

Protestors blockaded the Home Office enforcement team office in Ibrox last week in an attempt to prevent a bus with Beverley and her son from leaving.

But the group said the pair were flown to London and scheduled to be deported on Thursday.

They were informed on Friday that Beverley was being released.

A spokesman for LGBT Unity, a group highlighting the presence of LGBT refugees and activists in Glasgow, said in the Unity Centre website: "Beverley has reported to us that she and her son are on their way back to Glasgow.

"This is testament to the strength and power of Bev, her son, her hardworking lawyers in London, and all of us her friends and supporters across the many networks in Glasgow, London, Brighton and other cities that fought this together.

"Individuals from Sisters Uncut and SOAS Detainee Visitors have offered incredible support and solidarity throughout this week and LGBT Unity is so grateful and inspired by all their help."

More than 3000 people signed a petition calling on the Home Office to release Beverley, who has been described as a "pillar of the community".

She came to the UK in 2013 from Namibia and claimed asylum on the same day as arriving.

She and her son are said to have suffered verbal and physical abuse suffered due to her sexuality.

A spokesman for the group said last week: "Beverley had previously experienced forced marriage and had to live in secrecy, later being abused by her community with no protection from the Namibian state.

"Beverley and her son are in immediate danger of violence on account of her sexuality if forcibly removed to Namibia."

We also told you about Strathclyde University Student and NUS Scotland’s Asylum and Refugee Officer, Lord Elias Mensah Apetsi, who was detained facing deportation after his Leave to Remain paper work was submitted late.

Students and politicians joined a campaign calling for the UK Government to return Lord to Glasgow and staged demonstrations outside the Scotland Office and Home Office.

Lord - who has a three-year-old son living in Glasgow - was taken to a detention centre in Gatwick and was due to be flown back to Ghana on Thursday.

This did not happen but he is still being held.

His friend Raj Jeyaray, vice president of diversity at Strathclyde Student Association, has been in close contact with Lord and travelled to London to campaign for his release.

Raj told the Evening Times: "Lord has not boarded a plane but he is being kept in the Gatwick detention centre next to the runway so he can hear the planes.

"It is not good for his state of mind.

"I am back in Glasgow but I plan to continue to campaign for Lord.

"I wont be happy until he is back in the city."