TV Documentary: BBC; Meet the Immigrants, Monday 14th April.

For those of you who have BBC, you may want to set your SKY+ boxes/VCR's for the following (Yes, they still exist and until a more affordable DVD Recorder comes onto the screen, the VCR will remain!!!) . Even though it will be from a British immigrant standpoint, it will be interesting to see if any similarities in the Experiences of Immigrants can be mirrored here. This is of interest given the current debate regarding the Immigration, Residency and Protection Bill 2008, whose contents is currently being hotly challenged by many NGOs and community groups, as well as some statutory agencies such as the Law Society.

Meet the Immigrants

Beginning Monday 14th April at 10.35pm on BBC ONE, running each Monday for six weeks.

Meet the Immigrants is a new, six-part observational documentary series, co-produced by The Open University, which looks at the lives of several members of the new wave of inward migration into the UK.

Narrated by David Morrissey, of Sense and Sensibility and Viva Blackpool, the series shows all sides of the real experiences of migrants in 21st century Britain; the daily challenges they face in arriving and surviving here, and providing welfare and economic security for their families, be they in the UK or overseas.

Meet the Immigrants also reflects the ongoing national debate on immigration and explores the common themes; industrious newcomers performing unskilled jobs that Britons won’t do, or opportunists in search of an easy life, attracted by the Britain’s flexible laws and systems.

On Open2.net there is an exclusive interactive world map which highlights key migration trends for selected countries across all continents. It displays which countries migrants to the UK come from, along with the issues they face there and the factors that made them decide to leave.

For more information about the series go to http://www.open2.net/immigrants/ or contact Polly Frazer on 01908 652 777 or mailto:OU.viewerandlistenerinfo@bbc.co.uk.

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