Rima Andmariam
Rima is a vulnerable 17-year-old from Eritrea, living in Glasgow for two years now. Abandoned by the authorities, she is supported by a caring community, but now faces forced removal. At 15 years of age, Rima managed to reach Europe, fleeing her family's persecution as Pentecostal Christians. Sadly, she found no sanctuary in the notorious Italian asylum system. All alone, she suffered considerable trauma Rima escaped to the UK, where she was initially supported as a lone child. However, unable to prove her birth date, social services gave her an adult age, meaning she now faced removal back to Italy. Terrified, Rima went into hiding, eventually turning up homeless and destitute in Glasgow a year later. Denied her right to support as a vulnerable child, and spending time last year in an adult detention centre, Rima is now facing imminent removal from the UK. |
