Siva and Balthenthiran are two members of a Tamil community of asylum seekers in Glasgow. Balenthiran claimed asylum in late 2000. This was rejected in 2002, and the family were to be evicted from their flat and cut off from social support services. Siva's family claimed asylum in 2001. Their claim was also rejected, and their future remains uncertain. They have nothing to return to in Sri Lanka, having sold their land to obtain passage to the UK.

Each Sunday around 100 of Glasgow’s Sri Lankan Tamils rent a hall that for a few hours becomes a Hindu temple. The community, most of whom are asylum seekers, gathers to worship and eat together.