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ASYLUM SEEKERS IN SCOTLAND
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1. Children were excluded from the study because of difficulties of consent, and the long timescale required to involve children in research.
2. A sampling frame was developed, based on the known structure of the asylum seeker population in Glasgow, and quotas were set to ensure coverage of the various categories identified. Variation in terms of nationality, gender, household composition and age were covered. Additionally, respondents were contacted across the city, to ensure a reasonable residential spread.
3. Children, siblings, or parents.
4. This decision (ELR) may be applied for following the failure of an application for refugee status which confers indefinite leave to remain (ILR).
5. It should be noted that despite some perceptions, Firsat Dag's death was subsequently found to have been a robbery that 'went wrong', one of two attacks by the same people on the same night. The attack was not one specifically directed at an asylum seeker.
6. Defined as nuclear family plus other relatives.
7. Anniesland, Cardonald, Central, Langside Colleges were all specifically mentioned.
8. In fact, this issue had been considered as early as June 2001 by Glasgow City Council's Policy and Resources Committee.
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