Former asylum seeker elected to Glasgow council

She was congratulated by SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who said she was shedding a “very happy tear” at Ms Salih’s electio

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with SNP’s Roza Salih (left) at the Glasgow City Council count (Jane Barlow/PA)

Former asylum seeker Roza Salih said being elected a councillor in Scotland’s largest city showed how “the people of Glasgow have always welcomed me”.

More than two decades after arriving in Scotland as a refugee, she was voted into office, as an SNP councillor for the Greater Pollok ward.