The funeral of three asylum seekers who jumped to their deaths from a Glasgow tower block was held yesterday.

Serguei Serykh, 43, his wife Tatiana and his stepson, Stepan, 19, died after falling 15 floors from the Red Road flats in Springburn on March 7.

The private funeral service was held yesterday morning at the Daldowie Crematorium, in Uddingston. Officers from Strathclyde Police attended, a spokeswoman for the force said.

Robina Qureshi, director of Glasgow-based charity Positive Action in Housing, was also at the short service.

She said: “There were around 11 people there but no relatives.

“The minister spoke about the tragedy of the family’s deaths. Their ashes will be returned to Moscow later this week.”

It was reported that the family received a letter on the day of their death telling them that they would have to move out of the flat, after their application to remain in the UK was refused.

“The Serykhs killed themselves on the day they were going to be destitute,” Qureshi said.

“They had nowhere else to go. To them it must have seemed like they had run out of options.”

Qureshi also repeated her call for an inquiry. She said: “We believe the UK asylum policy had a part to play in the deaths of the Serykhs and a fatal accident inquiry can ascertain exactly what led to the deaths of a family of three.”

It is believed the three Russian nationals originally moved to Canada, where they were granted refugee status in 2005.

But they then applied for asylum in the UK after one of the three made allegations against the Canadian authorities.

The UK Border Agency said in March it had advised the family that arrangements were being made to return them to Canada, although no imminent action to remove the family had been planned.