Noreen speaks at a demonstration protesting deportation at the home office premises in Glasgow.  Brand St., Glasgow, November 2005
Noreen laughs as she recounts tales of nights out with Nexhi Vucaj, and of their running joke as to ‘who had the biggest arse.’ (Noreen claims she won. Nexhi was not present to defend herself.) She says of her friend, “I’ve got two sisters, one
‘Treasured possessions’. Gifts from Saida and Nexhi Vucaj adorn Noreen’s television. Kingsway, Glasgow, October 2005
Noreen listens to a speaker at a public meeting. Woodside Hall, Glasgow, October 2005
Noreen speaks at a public meeting, lamenting deportation and the impact it has on communities by tearing friends apart. Woodside Hall, Glasgow, October 2005
Noreen holds a picture of Saida Vucaj taken around 2003. Saida was 13 when she was deported from Glsagow. She and her family had spent five years in Glasgow. From the time the family arrived, Noreen would help Saida, who was then eight, with her hom
Noreen Real lives in the same block as the Vucaj family, and was a close friend of theirs. The Vucaj family was deported in September 2005. Police and immigration officers took the family into detention in a ‘dawn raid’, and forcibly deported the fa
While in the UK, asylum seekers are given plenty of opportunity to ‘integrate’. Ahlam told me: 'We have integrated. My child was born here. We are doing everything. But at the end we have received a letter from the home office saying we have a
Ahlam Souidi arrived in the UK in 2001. She and her family fled persecution in their home country, but she is unwilling to publicise details due to probable persecution should she and her family be forced to return to her country. Here, Ahlam studie
Ahlam, like many who have been in the UK for the past five or so years, has taken full advantage of opportunities available to her. In addition to learning English to a highly proficient standard, she is an energetic community representative through
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