Asylum seekers sleeping rough in Glasgow

They have been described as "invisible people" - asylum seekers who have been refused refugee status, but who have not returned home.

The Home Office says it wants them to experience an increasingly uncomfortable environment so they will leave, but critics say that they are just being forced into destitution.

Glasgow is the first city in the UK to criticise this policy officially.

Aras, 28, from Iraq has been living destitute on the streets of the Scottish city for two years.

He spoke to Catrin Nye about why he came to the UK and how he survives living rough.

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