Noreen Real lives in the same block as the Vucaj family, and was a close friend of theirs. Since their deportation she has been very active in the campaign against deportation of asylum seekers.

Ahlam Souidi fled persecution in her country in 2001. She has written: 'We ran away from trouble, from unfairness, from inhumanity, from children burnt in ovens, from the knifing of pregnant women. We ran away from saying yes is no and no is yes, from right is wrong and wrong is right. We ran away from unfairness to fairness, to Britain, to security, to warmth, to justice, because we were hopeful and wished for a better life.'