‘Feel like you don’t belong’ ‘Useless’
‘Unsafe’ ‘No trust’ ‘Devalued’
‘Criminal’ ‘Not a human being’
“The word illegal makes me feel like I’m a dangerous weapon to society. If I carry a firearm, that’s illegal. And so you are saying ‘migrant’ is synonymous with a firearm.”
‘[Just] call us what you call other people who have documents…we don’t need any special name’
Brighter Futures is a group of young Londoners, who meet every week and work together as a group to fight for their rights as migrants.
Listen as they talk about being called ‘illegal’ (a discussion prompted by our t-shirts – get yours here!):
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