Mohamed Mahyoub speaks about his experience moving to the UK and what needs to be done to help migrants succeed at work Mohamed Mahyoub came to the UK from Yemen as an immigrant in 2005,aged 14. He now works as a technical lead at a trade skills training provider and is studying for a PhD in artificial intelligence. He is also the founder of Native Start, an organisation to support Yemeni and Arabic communities in the UK.
I came to the UK as a child to better my life. I moved here with my grandad. Before I came here I didn’t know much about the UK, and but I hoped it would be a secure situation for me. You hear a lot in the news about the UKs destitute treatment of immigrants,and about people having scary experiences when they do arrive here, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
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Source: theguardian.com