Immigration Street (w/t)

This brand new observational documentary series will capture life on a street in Southampton where the mix of residents has been transformed over time and continues to evolve as a result of immigration. 

Cameras will follow the lives of some of the residents of Derby Road in the Bevois district of the city for the series which currently has the working title ‘Immigration Street.’ It is an ethnically diverse street where the majority of residents were not born in the UK. The series will explore how the changing population is shaping the community, relationships, friendships and everyday life for those who have settled there and have come to consider it home.

Immigration is one of the most fiercely debated and divisive issues in Britain. Last month a major survey reported a hardening of views towards immigration with a quarter of British people believing the main reason immigrants come to the UK is to claim benefits. Meanwhile UKIP’s unprecedented success in the local and European elections has been largely credited to their tough stance on border control.