THE UK Government is “trying to divide people”, a Scottish MP told protestors yesterday.

Alison Thewliss was addressing a demonstration by highly-skilled migrants affected by controversial Home Office rule 322.5, which has seen architects, accountants, IT experts and more threatened with deportation over corrections to tax returns.

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This includes the cases of Glasgow men Mustafa Ali Baig and Omer Khitab, who won their legal battles with the Home Office after The National revealed their stories.

Some, including a pregnant woman in East Renfrewshire, were denied access to the NHS, while others lost the right to work.

An official review has yet to report and many of those affected – who are mostly drawn from Commonwealth countries – are still battling to retain permission to live and work in the UK.

At the London protest yesterday – the sixth of its kind to take place outside the Houses of Parliament – the SNP’s Thewliss told participants: “There is lots of talk just now about Brexit, there is lots of talk just now about EU citizens.

“What I am fearful for is this Government is trying to divide people. This Government is trying to say that some people should have some rights and some people should have other rights. I want everybody to be treated fairly.”

The Glasgow Central MP stated: “I can’t believe you have had to protest six times now.

“It’s an absolute disgrace that the Home Office have not yet finished the review that they promised.”

She went on: “Thank you for your contribution to this country, for coming here, for choosing to live here and make your lives here. I want to say thank you for that because I don’t think it gets said enough.”