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film by Camcorder Guerillas
Narrated by Elaine C Smith
According to the tabloids asylum-seekers are spoilt scroungers.
However hundreds of refugees are being put of their flats with no
benefits and no right to work. Unable to return to their countries
they're in a stateless limbo on Glasgow's streets.
"WELCOME" tells the story of three homeless refugees. "My life is
frozen", says a Zimbabwean maths teacher who's been living "underground"
since being evicted from his Red Road flat. "I'm existing, but it's
not a life. I don't think Scottish people know we are being chucked
on the street, or they would not allow it to happen."
The premiere of WELCOME took place at the GFT on Saturday 19th June
2005. After the screening a panel of refugees and campaigners led
a discussion on what action we can take to stop the scandal of refugees
being evicted and left destitute.
Since then the film has been widely distributed among campaigners
and screened at various venues across Scotland, including a private
screening for MSPs at the Scottish Parliament.
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