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Hannah Carmichael

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Former asylum seeker elected glasgow councillor says city has always welcomed her | History Defined

Former asylum seeker Roza Salih said being elected a councillor in Scotland's largest city showed how "the people of Glasgow have always welcomed me".

More than two decades after arriving in Scotland as a refugee, she was voted into office as an SNP councillor for the Greater Pollok ward.

She was congratulated by SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who said she was shedding a "very happy tear" at Ms Salih's election.

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