That sways like me just like says the deviations of 50 stories and 52 very personal tips on berlins very busy. Goodenough. On g. W. This is the news africa coming up on the program hes a black muslim immigrant from somalia majid magid was just 5 when he came to the u. K. Now hes a member of the European Parliament who says refugees these they have a better. Need to treat people with compassion and we need to treat people with dignity nobody choosing to leave their family their homes the Community Plus hes been discriminated against for being an ill be you know in my lot but now hes using his newfound Celebrity Status as a musician to fight the stigma. Youre
Welcome To The Show hes a 28 year old somali refugee who fled his homeland at the age of 5 and moved to the northern bridge the City Of Sheffield he watched his mother be universally abused as a child and his teenage years were troubled by then he became politically active 28 maija it was elected settled youngest and its fast muslim
intend to try to fit in get used to it. magid maija joins us now from our studio in brussels majid welcome to the show now tell us how are you dealing with the challenges of being a black muslim immigrants from somalia and a member of the european parliament you know but i m just still of a find i m just being me just doing me and you know this is this is nothing new it s not very exclusive sirup in parliament a lot of the same challenges i ve been dealing with when i was lord mayor of sheffield all before that so yeah i m familiar with it but to be honest with them i m just going with them and yeah it s fine to be honest of course is a bit tricky at times but it s cool when you see you re dealing with it by just being yourself how do you mean by lynch because i think one of the hardest things especially being in the european parliament in such an establishment lie that when everyone dresses the same all wherever you just kind of about the way they interact