Glasgow Girls (activists)
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The Glasgow Girls are a group of young women in Glasgow, Scotland, who have highlighted the situation of asylum seekers in Glasgow. Originally established by Amal Azzudin in response to the detention of one of her close friends, Agnesa Murselaj, however the group expanded as more and more children at her school were dawn raided, detained and deported.
The group won the Scottish Campaign of the Year Award in 2005 at the annual Scottish politician of the year ceremony. At the ceremony they demanded to know just what had happened to the “protocol” Jack McConnell promised between social services, education services and the Immigration police, who insisted that it was a reserved matter.
A film was made by the BBC about their campaign which won the Nations and Regions Award in the Amnesty International UK Media Awards.[1]
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