Migration is a hot news topic, currently playing a big part in determining whether people vote to remain or leave the EU. Call me by my name in Shoreditch has arrived to remind us that these migrants are all human beings, with individual stories to tell.
The Migration Museum Project – which is campaigning for a British museum to celebrate the diversity of migration- has put on an amazing exhibition on life at the Calais Jungle that is both uplifting and harrowing at the same time. Go see it if you can.
‘With the EU referendum looming and the polarising issue of immigration taking centre stage in the debate, a new multimedia exhibition will explore the human faces behind the migration crisis.’
‘One refugee, whose photos feature in the exhibition, arrived in Calais from Eritrea in October last year. “We crossed through the Sahara, Libya, Italy, France. It was a very difficult situation. It was winter also, daily rain. The situation was very harsh. Maybe the exhibition will explain to some people what is happening, what the situation is like in Calais. We are just asking for freedom.”‘
