Today is International Migrants Day, a day set aside to recognise the important contribution of migrants while highlighting the challenges they face. ECHO reporter and former immigration advisor Patrick Graham reflects on the impact of immigration on our communities, and the nature of the difficulties people can face with the system.
Almost everybody has an opinion of asylum seekers (political migrants) and that includes me, but is my opinion based on facts, experience or malicious gossip and hearsay?
I worked as an immigration advisor and advocate for 16 years in Liverpool and Manchester between 1989 - 2005. I advised hundreds if not thousands of people coming to or already in the UK, including students, visitors, family reunions and asylum seekers.
