Glasgow fall victims 'were seeking asylum from Canada'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Three people who fell to their deaths from a Glasgow tower block on Sunday are believed to have been Russian nationals who had been trying to claim asylum in the UK from Canada.

A source close to the case said the three were a father, aged 43 and named Serykh, believed to be a former member of the Russian security services, a mother, and a son in his early 20s. The source said it was a highly unusual case.

The family are said to have been trying to claim asylum in the UK from Canada, which had reportedly given them leave to stay but had denied them citizenship. They are said to have first arrived in the UK in November 2007 and came to Glasgow in autumn last year.
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The source said the family had been in Canada from November 2000 to November 2007 before travelling through Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland to the UK, where they initially lived in Brent in north London. The source said the family had made a series of wild claims about the Canadian government.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/08/glasgow-fall-asylum-canada-russian

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This is getting seriously weird now. It seemed strange enough that 3 adults would commit suicide together. But claiming asylum from Canada? And the Russian security service involvement? :scared:

BBC article on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8554849.stm

[Oregone]

1. "the family had made a series of wild claims about the Canadian government"

Its true though. The Canadian government forces people to undergo free universal healthcare given out by candy stripers, who also feed you maple butter.

[RC]

2. That explains why they were driven over the edge.

Free universal health care. A person can only take so much.

[SDuderstadt]

3. I think it's fair to assume they were trying to escape....

poutine.

[skyounkin]

4. Understandable-

if Canada was going to extradite them.

[vadawg]

5. i think the realisation that they were having to live in springburn did it to them

who wouldnt kill themselves if they had to live there..