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
Klodjan Kaloshi. Hyndland, 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,&
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 frie
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
Klodjan Kaloshi distributes leaflets in Kingsway Court, advertising a demonstration that is part of a campaign to stop deportation of asylum seekers. Kingsway Court, Glasgow, October 2005
Klodjan (left) on a night out in Glasgow with his friend Raffiq, a fellow asylum seeker. Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, October 2005
Klaudia and Klodjan, with friends Jamie (right) and Daban (left), walk home after a public meeting discussing asylum issues, and in particular, deportations. Gorbals, Glasgow, November 2005
Daban, Klaudia and Klodjan go home after a public meeting. Gorbals, Glasgow, November 2005
Klaudia and three other close friends of Saida Vucaj watch a documentary film of the Vucaj family, showing the family at home in Albania after being deported from the UK in September. Knightswood, Glasgow, November 2005
Klodjan helps hand out information to asylum seekers explaining the purpose of a direct action that forced the closure of the Home Office premises at Brand St, Glasgow. The asylum seekers had come to Brand St expecting to report, as they are require
Klodjan speaks to Saida Vucaj, calling from Albania, who had heard about the demonstration at the reporting centre at Brand St. Brand St., Glasgow, November 2005
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