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Robina Qureshi (born 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a human rights campaigner and actress.
Her parents came from Pakistan to Glasgow in the 1960s, where they raised Qureshi and her six sisters. She is Executive Director of Positive Action in Housing, a charity which aims to challenge racism and discrimination, particularly in refugee communities.
Qureshi is a notable critic of Britain's asylum policies and has campaigned to close detention centres for asylum seekers. She has been at the forefront of challenging dawn raids against Scotland's asylum seekers, taking part in dawn raid protests and shutting down Home Office buildings with Patrick Hill of the Birmingham Six and actor Peter Mullan . She has been in several films, including the controversial Gas Attack, for which she won a best actress award.
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