Asylum seekers are being treated like “dirt” by the Home Office and private accommodation providers Serco, a church minister said yesterday.

Reverend Linda Pollock made hard-hitting claims of “abusive” behaviour about refugees stuck in legal limbo and facing eviction or deportation.

She was joined at the meeting in her parish church in Possilpark, Glasgow, by families of young asylum seekers as part of a desperate appeal to the UK Government to show some compassion.

Also there were Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard, local MP Paul Sweeney and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn enjoys some vegetarian curry at the event in Glasgow

An angry Corbyn, on a four-day tour of Scotland, blasted the Tory ­Government for overseeing an “inhumane” system.

Some of the families were caught up in Serco’s shock decision to start evictions of tenants whose cases had been refused.

Rev Pollock said: “I’ve seen Serco people be abusive. One of our Nigerian ladies had to leave. They talked to her like she was dirt on a shoe.

“That’s not human ­kindness or decency. Not everyone is like that, but this has been my experience on many occasions.

“That Nigerian woman was stalked because she had a TV in her room. They accused her of working.

“Her friend gave it to her and she had to prove she didn’t buy it.”

Teenage brothers Areeb (left) and Somer Umeed Bkahsh face deportation as does Ansika Anundee

The minister said the plight of asylum seekers is made worse because they are housed in the poorest areas, in bad conditions and with no way of working to make money.

She said the Home Office make life worse, describing an encounter with staff and an asylum seeker.

She added: “There’s aggression and wicked behaviour, actually, on the part of the Home Office.

“I heard voices raised but the minute I appeared the woman’s tone changed and she started to speak with respect.

“They speak as if they’re not even human beings, talk down to them.”

Reverend Linda Pollock has launched a scathing attack on the Home Office over its treatment of refugees

Among those at her church was Masqood Umeed Bakhsh, who fled Pakistan with his wife Parveen and two sons.

He fears for his life due to their Christian faith in the Muslim country.

Housed in Glasgow by Serco, he said: “An uncle had the same situation and left to the USA. After 17 years, he came back and ­somebody followed him from the airport and when he arrived home, he was killed. This is my main fear if we go back.”

His sons, Somer, 15, and Areeb, 13, are performing well at school and worry about returning to a place where they don’t fit in.

Areeb said: “I don’t even know the language or how to write it at all.”

Parveen is a trained nurse and midwife but cannot work in the NHS because of her status as an asylum seeker.

Ansika Anundee, 15, from Mauritius, is also fighting to stay in Scotland. She came to visit her mum for Christmas in 2015.

Her dad died when she was in ­Scotland but the Home Office won’t let her stay with her surviving parent, who has a legal right to remain.

She said: “I want to stay with her here. I don’t have anywhere else to go.”

Corbyn said: “Asylum-seeking ­families are stressed because they don’t know what their future holds or if they’ll get a favourable decision from the Home Office.

“I also heard of the horrors of how Serco have been changing the locks on people’s doors as they go out in order to evict them. That is inhumane and completely wrong.”

Serco last month announced a rolling lock change eviction process for those not given refugee status in Glasgow.

The firm, who are contracted by the Home Office, say they are paying accommodation for some asylum seekers in the city who have been denied the right to remain in the UK.

Also at yesterday’s meeting were Rahman Shah and Mirwais Ahmadzai, who went on hunger strike outside the Home Office building in Glasgow in protest asylum seeker evictions.

Serco announced a pause on the plans in the face of legal challenges.

The firm last night denied allegations of abuse. Jenni Halliday, Serco contract director, said: “Serco officers care about the asylum seekers’ welfare and well-being and they are 100 per cent professional in their approach at all times.

“The suggestion that they bully, intimidate or shout abuse at the asylum seekers is simply untrue. We have continued to house these people at our cost, in some cases for many months.”

The Home Office said: “Asylum seekers who would ­otherwise be destitute are provided with free, fully furnished ­accommodation while applications are considered.

“We also cover utility costs and provide a cash allowance to cover other essential living needs. Even if a claim is failed, we will provide accommodation for those who would otherwise be destitute.”