Glasgow Girls (activists)
- Glasgow Girls (activists)
The Glasgow Girls are a group of seven young women in Glasgow, Scotland, who have highlighted the poor treatment of failed asylum seekers. Named by two of its members Amal Azzudin and Roza Salih, the group was established by the group who were all members of Drumchapel High School in Glasgow in response to the detention of one of their friends, Agnesa Murselaj. Publicity grew as the girls challenged the First Minister and publicly voiced their concerns as more children at their school were dawn raided, detained and deported. After visiting the Scottish Parliament twice, The Glasgow Girls obtained cross party support on the issue.
The group won the Scottish Campaign of the Year Award in 2005 at the annual Scottish politician of the year ceremony for their hard work. However, it didn't stop them demanding to know just what had happened to the “protocol” Jack McConnell had promised to obtain from the Home Office that social services, education services and the Immigration police should be consulted before the removal of a family.
Two documentaries have been made by the BBC about their campaign, one of which won the Nations and Regions Award in the Amnesty International UK Media Awards. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/06_june/28/amnesty.shtml]
Their campaign continues.
ee also
*Dungavel
*Immigration
*UNITY (asylum seekers organisation)
*United Refugee Organization
External links
* [http://www.sundayherald.com/55676 Sunday Herald article]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20051211/ai_n15917267 Interview with Amal Azzudin]
* [http://www.paih.org Positive Action in Housing]
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