SNP MSP for Glasgow Anne McLaughlin has written to the Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini QC, to ask for a fatal accident inquiry in to the deaths of three of her constituents who committed suicide on Sunday 7 March.

Serguei Serykh, Tatiana Serykh and their stepson. Sadly they committed suicide on Sunday 7 March 2010 at the Red Road flats, Petershill Drive, Glasgow.

In a letter to the Lord Advocate, Ms McLaughlin said: "There are a number of issues I believe need to be examined in order to establish, as much as we can, what lead to this tragedy, and whether or not there were systematic failures from which lessons can be learned.

"I work very closely with a number of asylum seekers, many of whom became depressed, some of whom have suicidal thoughts and often this is a direct result of UK asylum policy and practices. One example is the policy of eviction and withdrawal of all financial support once an asylum seeker's claim fails. This is clearly not treating them with dignity, humanity or respect and is a denial of their basic human rights."

Anne McLaughlin will also be writing to the UK Government asking them to initiate a full public inquiry in to these deaths.

The MSP said: "There are serious questions that UKBA must answer over this tragedy. They have so far responded with nothing but silence and it’s about time they said started giving answers. There are several questions that must be answered and it is simply not good enough to keep quiet on the issue.

"It's all very well for Gordon Brown to pass on his condolences, but I'm afraid that is simply not enough. What we need is answers and I will be writing to the Home office to demand that a full, open and transparent inquiry is initiated as soon as possible".