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"I am an immigrant" poster shows that we are all humans and must be treated the same, and we all have rights that we must fight for. In my opinion, such a poster presents that humanity comes first and we must not discriminate among national residents and immigrants because as we see in the poster immigrants have been helping the community they live in, in different aspects.

The "I am an immigrant" campaign was launched by Movement Against Xenophobia, part of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and features 15 real-life immigrants to the UK photographed by Vogue's Philip Volkers.More than £44,000 was raised to put posters up at 400 London Tube stations, and larger posters on billboards at railway stations outside the capital.

Immigration has become one of the central issues of the general election campaign, with all the main parties pledging tighter border controls and polls putting it as among the most important concerns for voters.

But Movement Against Xenophobia said: "Immigrants are part of the fabric of our society. It’s time to celebrate, not vilify them."


In my English class, I can use the poster to teach about achievements of immigrants. I will discuss the poster with the students, and then I will give them a task to search for immigrants with achievements in other places around the world, to create a blog including images and information.