Young migrants facing discrimination

More than half of young migrant people have experienced discrimination because of their backgrounds, according to a report published by UK Young Ambassadors.

The report includes the results of consultations held with almost 1,000 11 to 25 year-olds over three months, with 11 percent from migrant backgrounds.

More than half of the young people who had witnessed or experienced discrimination said that it took the form of verbal abuse, while more than a quarter described it as social or legal discrimination.

Other findings in the report suggest young people feel politicians fuel negative portrayals of migrants through “anti-immigration” talk and using terms that isolate migrant communities, such as “British jobs for British people”.

The report, which was published to mark International Youth Day, includes recommendations to improve young migrant people’s participation, such as the government providing better funding for language classes.

To download the report visit http://byc.org.uk/resource-download-log.aspx?doc=/media/219163/01_ukya_report_v6.pdf.