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Sunday, September 03, 2017

Solidarity with Newcomers

A refugee family originally from Egypt now living in Scotland have talked about the fear for their lives after an arson attack at their home in Edinburgh at a block of flats in Wester Hailes on Saturday.
The refugee, who moved from Wales to Scotland in July last year, said: "I heard about Scottish people, they're friendly and welcoming to people from different countries and different cultures, never thought this was going to happen with us in Scotland. We can't feel safe nowhere, it's just a disappointment really. "
He said his family were first targeted five months ago when his young daughter's buggy was set alight on the ground floor of their block. Since the first attack his wife had stopped wearing her niqab because she no longer felt safe.
He said: "We couldn't believe this happened. We had spoken to the police and the council as well."

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