Lucy talks to Vincent Okosodo, an entrepreneur, campaigner and Nigerian migrant about his long and painful journey through the UK's hostile immigration system.

Follow the links below to find out more about the issues and policies mentioned in this podcast, including the mental health cost of current migration policies in the UK, and to learn more about Centaville, a Nigerian social enterprise that Vincent founded.

To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com
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Links

Home Office urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route 

Over 60 NGOs call for urgent changes to immigration legal aid

Stemming the tide: the case for demarketising the legal aid sector 

State violence and distress: the false separation between migrant justice and mental health 

Trauma, mental health and migration 

Centaville