Wales This Week: Meet the Migrants

Sunday 18 January 2015

With the UK general election now less than 4 months away, one of the key topics in coming weeks is likely to be immigration.


Wales has a rich history of migration and continues to be home to a diverse mix of nationalities and cultures.

Among them are asylum seekers, refugees and economic migrants. Many people in Wales feel strongly that migrants have a negative impact on the country.

The Cardiff based charity Race Equality First works to help combat racism and discrimination.

Its Chief Executive says although Wales is a welcoming country overall, cases of hate crime are on the rise.

One lady was telling me just in conversation that someone had scratched her car, and then when she got that repaired someone came and threw paint all over it. They dropped things through the letterbox. They swear at her and her children. And they were racially motivated hate crimes.

- ALIYA MOHAMMED - CHIEF EXECUITE, RACE EQUALITY FIRST
 
In Tonight's Wales This Week we meet some of those who have moved here, to find out how they feel about the current political debate.
 
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