Tha Kaloshis are originally Albanian. Their family came to the UK as asylum seekers in 2000. Their family were close friends of the Vucaj family, also Albanian, who were deported in September 2005.
When these photographs were taken in 2005, the Kaloshis were asylum seekers. Since then, they have been granted refugee status, so they now may legally remain in the country that deported their close friends, the Vucajs.
Klaudia shows a text message from Saida Vucaj. It asks: ‘ANYWAY HOW R THINGS? R U STILL MA SIS, SAY HI TO ANDY AND TELL HIM TO PHONE OK THEN LOTALOV, SAIDA. XXXXXXXXXX’
Brand St., Glasgow, November 2005
Seventeen year old Klodjan Kaloshi has been in the UK since he was 12. He was close friends with Elvis Vucaj, who was deported with his family in September 2005.
Kingsway Court, Glasgow, October 2005
Klaudia speaks of her friend Saida, and the impact of deportations on individuals and communities at a meeting of asylum seekers.
Knightswood, Glasgow, November 2005
Klodjan trains with Hyndland Rugby Football club before a match. Solidly built, Klodjan plays prop. Klodjan used to play on a rugby team with Elvis Vucaj, until Elvis’s family were deported.
Scotstoun, Glasgow, October 2005
Sporting a fresh bruise after the game, Klodjan signs a football he is sending to his friend Elvis Vucaj, now in Albania after his family was deported.
Partick, Glasgow, October 2005
Sajmir Kaloshi, Klodjan’s younger brother, practicing Judo.
Judo Addicts, Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow, October 2005
13 year old Klaudia Kaloshi, a keen judo competitor, training hard. Klaudia was close friends with Saida Vucaj, who was the subject of a public campaign protesting her deportation in September 2005.
Judo Addicts, Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow, October 2005
Majlinda Kaloshi welcomes renowned Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan and a film crew into her house. The film crew was working on a documentary following the story of the Vucaj family, who were deported in September. Majlinda was a close friend of Nexhi Vucaj.
Kingsway Court, Glasgow, October 2005
Majlinda, Semi and Klaudia Kaloshi describe how it felt to lose their friends, the Vucaj family, to a documentary film crew.
Kingsway Court, Glasgow, October 2005
