Produced by Kate Cook -
Directed by Brian Welsh -
BBC Three
Glasgow Girls take on the asylum system
Originally a stage production, musical drama Glasgow Girls tells the true story of seven teenage girls at Drumchapel High in Glasgow fighting against the treatment of a school friend seeking asylum in the UK. When 15-year-old Agnesa Murselaj, a Roma from Kosovo, is taken by immigration officers in a dawn raid to await forced removal at a detention centre in London, fellow pupils Amal, from Somalia; Roza, from Kurdistan; Ewelina, a Polish Roma; and local teenagers Emma, Jennifer and Toni-Lee, band together to call for her release. They launch a high-profile campaign, urging the Scottish government and the Home Office to reform the asylum system and inspiring the community to unite behind its residents.
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