Paddington’s adventures continue throughout Glasgow as this weekend he attended the Amnesty International photo exhibition, ‘I Welcome’ at the Gallery of Modern Art. The main exhibition hall was host to a powerful and moving collection of photography highlighting the multitude of issues and human stories that surround every number, every statistic we hear about migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
With a performance of the Asylum Monologues, an exploration of the UK asylum system in the words of people who have experienced it, you can’t help but question your own identity in relation to your country – what it means to be migrant, what it means to be British and what consequences that has for those who aren’t.
An excellent event organised by Amnesty International Glasgow West, we were lucky to join up with Refuweegee, Refugee Survival Trust and the British Red Cross to help challenge the harmful narratives around migrants pervading the media in spite of the overwhelming difficulties encountered by those suffering through no fault of their own.
