According to the tabloids asylum-seekers are spoilt scroungers. However hundreds of refugees are being put out of their flats with no benefits and no right to work. Unable to return to their countries they're in a stateless limbo on Glasgow's streets. Welcome tells the story of three homeless refugees. 'My life is frozen', says a Zimbabwean maths teacher who's been living 'underground' since being evicted from his Red Road flat. 'I'm existing, but it's not a life. I don't think Scottish people know we are being chucked on the street, or they would not allow it to happen.'
Followed by Q&A
Robert Bratton, a homeless person from Glasgow, takes a journey to challenge public misconceptions about the nature of both homelessness and people who are homeless. He interviews politicians and experts to find out the 'official' view, but also adventures into the other side of the street to hear from those who know best about life in the street, the homeless themselves.
Followed by a discussion with some homeless people featured in the film.
Footage from Palestine with phone conversation with Guerilla member Garry Williams, direct from Palestine and recent Faslane Demonstration.
Camcorder Guerillas is a Glasgow-based voluntary collective of filmmakers, activists & artists making and screening campaigning videos - to give a voice to those who are silenced or under-represented by the mainstream media.
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