Morning lookout. A resident of Kingsway Court scans the parking lot for immigration vehicles. He does this every morning, from 6-7am. He knows that one day, the vans will be coming for him and his family. Kingsway, Glasgow. 6:30 am, Octob
Gezim’s wife looks at the camera as the van pulls out of Kingsway Court. 40 minutes ago she was asleep. Now she will be taken to the Home Office premises at Brand St, Govan. The family will then be driven south to a removal centre, where they w
The second van returns from a dawn raid with an unknown boy inside. During the three months Robin photographed asylum seekers in Glasgow, the media and activist organisations picked up on only three families who were taken away in ‘dawn raids’.
3 vehicles leave the Home Office premises at Brand St on a ‘dawn raid’. In front is a grey hatchback, behind is the caged van with dark windows. This van contains police officers and will transport males over 18. The last van, containing immigr
Gezim’s baby is strapped into the van by immigration officers. The police had asked Robin not to photograph proceedings close up because his actions would ‘traumatise the children involved’. He pointed out the panicked cries of ‘Immigration! Im
Immigration officers load the second van with the family’s belongings. They had been in the building around half an hour. Families are given minimal time to prepare before being taken to the immigration vans. Kingsway, Glasgow. 20 September 20
Gezim, an Albanian asylum seeker, is taken away in handcuffs shortly after 7am. Gezim had been in Glasgow for about a year. He studied at Anniesland college. Until Robin showed people in Kingsway Court this photograph, no one knew who had been
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