The Price We Never Talk About: What Immigration Really Takes From the Immigrant.
By Arthur Mwenkanya Katabalwa A few days ago I travelled down to London for a social appointment. On the way there I was watching other people around me wondering what their life stories were like. A black couple to my left caught my eye. They seemed happy about their situation. I wondered what all this chat in the media about immigration and what the government was planning; more regulation. I could hear that their accent had an East African tilt to it. Whenever immigration is discussed, I notice that the conversation almost always centres on the receiving country. Politicians debate numbers. Economists talk about productivity. Newspapers ask whether immigrants contribute enough or whether they place pressure on public services. Social media, predictably, descends into arguments. But there is another side to immigration that is rarely discussed. What does immigration do to the immigrant? I have often thought about this, especially after reading an article by an African living so...
