Harris Bokhari
Britain has a long history of welcoming people in need from the Kindertransport, to Ugandan Asians and more recently Ukrainian families escaping the horrors in their homeland. Along with economic migrants, families who went on to live here have gone on to help build our country. We have all witnessed how these first and second generations of migrants have not only shaped our country, but the world.
However, despite some inspirational people — whose stories I tell below — appearing on the new honours list, for the first time there has been a significant drop of successful candidates coming from an ethnic minority background. If you are inspired by their actions, as well as by many of our other diverse community volunteers, help make the honours system more representative and nominate someone today at www.gov.uk/honours. Julien Isaac, Miranda Lowe and Raghib Ali are all fantastic examples of how children of migrant families have not only contributed to shaping our country but also shaping how the world views us.
