SERIES INFO Genre: Documentary Stars: - Series Plot: Travellers, immigrants and what it means to be Irish all feature in this three part documentary series on identity and Irishness.
What does it mean to be Irish? How do we treat our minorities and what do they think of us?
EPISODE INFO Title: I Am Immigrant Airdate: 2016-03-31 Episode plot: With the migrant crisis in Europe on the rise I Am Immigrant, explores what it’s like to live in Ireland when you are from a different ethnic background.
Following a number of Irish immigrants, the programme documents the daily challenges, as they see them, through their eyes. We meet a number of people including- Ricardo, a member of the marginalised Roma community who is on a quest to become a member of an Garda Síochána. We hear the shocking story of Elham, a young Muslim woman who was physically assaulted on public transport for wearing a hijab.
Nigerian born, Tallaght raised Boni Odoemene tells of his struggle between his Irish upbringing and the expectation from his Nigerian parents. And Peter O’Loughlin, founder of Identity Ireland, tells of his motivation for stricter border controls and being attacked on his way to the anti-Islam demonstration on O’Connell Street.
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