Anouk, who was raised in Paris by Jewish parents from Algeria and Tunisia, talks with great affection about her community and recalls that she has felt less scrutinised in London than in Paris.

‘If you ask me whether I feel British and how I identify, I would say I identify as confused,' says Anna Blasiak. 'When I go to Poland, I feel British; when I'm in Britain, I feel Polish'

Claudia Lopez-Prieto recalls the trauma of leaving Colombia aged eleven and how she tried to recreate her homeland in Croydon.

Daniel Otu Vortiah Ahiankui, who was born in Spain to Ghanaian parents, recalls a transformation when he arrived in the UK. He was an extrovert who became introverted.

Dulani Kulasinghe, who has experienced double migration after leaving Sri Lanka, registers that 'more open conversations in the UK about racism and empire have led to a massive backlash, maybe the last gasp of the beast.'

The Namibian forensic psychologist Tulela Pea turns a critical eye on the credits and deficits of life in the UK.

The poet and playwright Nick Makoha recalls his dramatic escape from Idi Amin's reign of terror in Uganda.

Gabriela Raluco Andriesi recalls leaving Romania, finding the freedom to be with her partner in Scotland and joining the police force

Neethu Sathyanathan reflects on leaving Kerala in India to come to the UK, and taking to the stage, after five years, to try and make English people laugh.

The Yugoslav-born film director Mira Erdevički talks about how she came to the UK by accident and has stayed for thirty years.