“It was a nightmare, wasn’t good at all. According to the Home Office, they can come and take you away but you can’t say no. They can take you anywhere they want to, because the moment you say no, they can put you in detention. So they can take you...
Luqman Onikosi was born in a tiny village near the lakes and forests along the river Niger. I first met him when he was a student at the University of Sussex, about ten years ago. At that time he was the president of the All-Africa Student Union and...
Ayah interviews Esraa, a young woman from Syria who came to live in Hastings with her family as part of the resettlement scheme. We find out about the shock of relocation and the challenge of adapting to cultural differences. 09.mp3Podcast: Play in...
“I arrived into this country over twenty years ago and I’m currently working as an interpreter. I started interpreting on a voluntary basis in hospitals and then I thought I liked it, and then I thought I would like to have this as a career. It’s...
“I am from Algeria. I am thirty-eight years old and I live twenty years in Europe, most of that time in UK. I left Algeria since 2000. I was eighteen. “I followed the Home Office instructions for four years. I went to London Bridge to sign for...
Interview with Syrian folk musicians Jamal & Alaa with their good friend, Phil Minns, founder of the refugee and migrant charity, Best Foot Music.
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Shintya interviews Valerie, an LGBT asylum seeker from Cameroon who says he will be persecuted for his sexuality if he returns home.
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The intrepid Phil Minns, founder of refugee music charity Best Foot Music, travels to the Calais Jungle to record songs performed by refugees from around the world. Despite the dangerous conditions, music finds a way.
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A telephone interview with a political activist, Maxwell, who is due to be removed back to Cameroon where he will face persecution as a member of the English-speaking minority
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A telephone interview recorded with Soumitra while he was imprisoned in Harmondsworth detention centre awaiting removal to Bangladesh where he faces persecution as part of the Hindu minority.
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