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Talking about The Accidental Immigrants
#01 of 10: What were the seeds for this story?
What happens when you suddenly find yourself an unwanted foreigner?
“The Accidental Immigrants is a triumph: ferociously political and yet deeply personal, it is a soaring feat of the imagination, tethered firmly to the here and now.”
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
The Accidental Immigrants is about the hostile environment spreading across Europe and what it’s like to be caught up in it.
This is political fiction based on the facts of the years since Brexit, and an outsider’s insider take on what’s happened to the UK: the fallout from the referendum, the rise of Farage and the far right, and the increasing xenophobia towards people on the move.
Set on an island that’s a mirror image of Britain, it’s both allegory and warning. It asks: what happens when you suddenly find yourself an unwanted foreigner? And just how hard is it to get into the UK?
© Jo McMillan 2025