They fled rape, forced marriage, stoning, the Taliban and murder gangs - the refugees fighting to stay in Scotland

They arrived in the UK soon after and have been fighting to stay ever since.

Lola said: "We were sent here by our mum when our dad died. We're from the north and the tribes were trying to marry us off.

"My mum refused and asked one of her friends to help bring us over. She didn't want us to be raped. We were only young.

"We haven't been able to speak to [our mother] since the day we left. We don't know if she's alive or dead."

Lola now has a six-week-old daughter and the pair will be forced to travel to Liverpool every time Lola is asked to submit evidence to help her case.

She lives in Govan, a few minutes' walk from the Border and Immigration Agency where she used to be offered appointments.

Lola said: "I don't have money for bus fares to go anywhere so I would always walk to the government building.

"Apart from doing that, I am literally at home all day with the baby. It's going to be very difficult for us to go to Liverpool. She's too young to travel.

"If I do go I'll have to stay there overnight and it will be too expensive.

"I only get £35 a week on a card that must be used in supermarkets. They top it up every Monday but you don't get any money."

Despite the setback, Lola is determined to build a life in Scotland with her daughter.

She said: "I was at university studying media when I first came here. I like film and I wanted to be an editor but I couldn't afford to continue after my first year.

"Now that my daughter has come into my life I will look after her and I hope that one day she can go to school and university here."

Tony Khan's name is on a Taliban death list back in Pakistan after he declared himself an atheist.

The 25-year-old says his strict Muslim family turned against him and their links to the Taliban mean he will face certain death if he is sent back.

The authorities in Pakistan are also pursuing Tony on spurious terrorism charges because his family has been associated with jihadists.

He said: "I was raised in Karachi and my family roots are in Waziristan, the tribal area. I had a very unpredictable relationship with my father when I was growing up.

"I was always confused about religion but it was imposed as the only way of life. I didn't have a choice or the freedom to have my own opinions about it.

"I was twenty when I came to the UK to study law. It was only when I came over here I could see things differently. I decided I am an atheist.

"That's when I started to have even more conflict with people back home, like my father, who said I was in a blasphemous country. He started asking me to come back.

"Then I was getting phone calls from members of the Taliban. I am here so I was confident enough to say I am not coming back because there is no doubt that I'd be killed.

"I also heard there is an arrest warrant out for me on terrorism charges. The local political party are anti-Pashtun people. There is a series of targeted killing going on. They are murdering people who look like Pashtuns or have lighter skin.

"My father also told them that I am involved in terrorist activities. Possibly the phone calls were used as a reference to prove I was talking to the Taliban.

"At that time they said I had betrayed them and I would be stoned to death so I am a target for both sides."

Tony is homeless and penniless and has spent two years living at a night shelter in Glasgow.

He fears he will lose his case if he crosses the border to attend an appointment in Liverpool.

He said: "I am reluctant to go because in England I won't get legal aid. I have a relationship with my lawyer who knows my case and I may have to change my lawyer if I go there. I may also be detained.

"I'm also worried they may penalise me because I have been involved in demonstrations outside the Border and Immigration Agency in Glasgow and I was also involved in the Yes campaign."

Sofiane Mokhtari, 41, and his wife Ferielle, 37, worked at a hospital in the Algerian capital before they fled criminal gangs in 2009.

They now live in Bridgeton with friends while they battle to stay in Scotland.

Sofiane said: "I have a degree in computing and I was working at the hospital in the Casbah of Algiers. My wife worked in the same office.

"The problem I had was most of the terrorist people from my area knew I was working there. They knew me from school.

"I had access to drugs and they kept asking me to bring them anaesthesia. I refused and they told me if I didn't bring them the drugs I would be killed. I know them and they don't joke. They have killed many people.

"We could have gone to the police but they can't protect you. They can't even protect themselves.

"So, we ran away. We were moving around countries near Algeria but these people can find you so we came to Scotland."

Sofiane and Ferielle had a son, Abedraouf, in Glasgow in 2010 but they have yet to be given asylum.

Sofiane said: "I don't have money. I don't have the right to work and the government last gave me money five years ago.

"I am an educated man and I want to work but I can't. I have to get grants from charities. Every day is hard.

"I don't know how I'll get to Liverpool with my son and my wife. They are trying to make it harder. They want us to give up and go home.

"If I could have safety in my country I would go back, but I can't, for the sake of my family. A dog has a better life than me now."