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Meet the Immigrants - Episode 6

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Documentary series looking at those who have chosen to make the UK their home - both legally and illegally. Catalin Dobrisan left his family in Romania to work as a taxi driver in Plymouth, but things aren't goin to plan. Each year, about 20,000 people are refused asylum in the U.K. Famara Cessay is one of them. He came to Britain from the Gambia after a military coup. Forbidden from working here, he's trying to survive on weekly welfare vouchers.