The refugees' lottery

The first asylum seekers will go to a Scottish university as home students this month.

When Precila Muge smuggled three of her grandchildren out of Kenya, her only interest was to find a safe haven for them, whether in the UK, Europe or America. But settling in Scotland has given her eldest grandson, Sam Wachira, an opportunity he would have been denied if the people traffickers had dropped them anywhere else in the UK. This month he will be part of the first cohort of asylum seekers to go to a Scottish university as home students when he starts a degree in computer networking at Paisley University. GuardianUnlimited