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Duration: 30 minutes

On Sunday 7 March 2010 three failed asylum seekers jumped to their deaths from the fifteenth floor of Glasgow's notorious Red Road flats. It was an event that would make news around the world. While suicides of this type might be rare, thousands of asylum seekers are deemed to be 'bogus' every year.

The programme uncovers the reality of the lives of the asylum seekers in Scotland who have been judged to be bogus, and how they are fighting back to try and stay in the country.

Last on

Wed 19 May 2010 22:45 BBC One only on Scotland

Credits

Narrator
Mark Daley
Production Manager
Justine Leahy
Director
Toby Sculthorp
Producer
Toby Sculthorp
Executive Producer
Marcus Ryder
Executive Producer
Craig Hunter
Assistant Producer
Paola Rezzilli

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