SNP MSP Anne McLaughlin, today addressed a rally of 500 hundred local people, community activists, asylum seekers, MSPs and councillors who had gathered in Glasgow to express their concern following the apparent suicide of three asylum seekers who were living in the Red Road flats.

Ms McLaughlin has written to the Lord Advocate requesting an official hearing into the case of the family, who were found at the bottom of their 31-storey building in Glasgow on Sunday.

Commenting after the rally, Ms McLaughlin said: "Local residents have been left extremely distressed by last week's events. We absolutely must have a systematic inquiry into what led to these tragic deaths to ensure there are no failings in the system which can be remedied to prevent it happening again.

"The great turn out today shows the goodwill felt in Glasgow for asylum seekers - one of the most vulnerable groups in our society."