BBC Scotland website shortlisted

The EU award recognises work which highlights discrimination

A BBC Scotland news website story has been shortlisted for a leading European journalism award, it was announced.

'Seeking asylum from the streets' revealed that asylum seekers were left homeless in Scotland after their claims were rejected by the Home Office.

The investigation by reporter Stephen Stewart found hundreds of asylum seekers on Glasgow streets.

The European Union Journalist Award is open to reporters from the EU's 27 member states.

It is designed to honour journalists who contribute to a "better public understanding of the benefits of diversity and the fight against discrimination in employment on the grounds of age, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, disability, religion or belief".

The overall winners will be honoured by Commissioner Vladimir Spidla at an awards ceremony in Lisbon.