Pro-immigration group launches poster campaign

A campaign group has launched a series of posters featuring immigrants who are contributing in important ways to the UK. They say that they are “gravely concerned” by political rhetoric on immigration.

The Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and UKIP are all proposing tighter border controls, with a recent poll suggesting immigration was the third most important election issue behind only the NHS and the economy.

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) – which campaigns against discrimination – has spent £44,000 on the UK-wide poster campaign.

The posters feature barrister, musician, firefighter and customer services advisors, all of whom moved to the UK from other countries.

Justwalked into @No5Chambers colleague informs me saw #IAmAnImmigrant poster on the tube &said tohimself “I know him” pic.twitter.com/RCJrqFzEKJ

— S Chelvan (@S_Chelvan) April 9, 2015