Hanif Kureishi: The migrant has no face, status or story
1 min readImmigration has become a prison of cliche in Europe: The Guardian
The immigrant has become a contemporary passion in Europe, the vacant point around which ideals clash. Easily available as a token, existing everywhere and nowhere, he is talked about constantly. But in the current public conversation, this figure has not only migrated from one country to another, he has migrated from reality to the collective imagination where he has been transformed into a terrible fiction.
