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 I am an immigrant' posters aim to celebrate, not demonise immigration Posters celebrating immigrants’ contribution to life in the UK are being put up across the country after a successful crowd-funding appeal. The “I am an immigrant” campaign was launched by Movement Against Xenophobia, part of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and features 15 real-life immigrants to the UK photographed by Vogue’s Philip Volkers. Read more here:  http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/i-am-an-immigrant-posters-aim-to-celebrate-not-demonise-immigration--eJzc1MLhVkW #IAmAnImmigrant , l’ultima mossa prima delle elezioni inglesi: http://t.co/DGPhE6uA0N #immigrazione cc @NoXenophobia pic.twitter.com/HJewTBzB9b — Quotidiano WEST (@quotidiano_west) April 9, 2015 Spotted on Victoria line by @COrchestra , our great supporter. We need ur help to find these. Plz RT to get more in! pic.twitter.com/0jlf5QucPJ — MAX: Move Agnst Xeno (@NoXenophobia) April 10...

Why has this Italian politician’s neighbourly photo prompted such a furious backlash? Italy has been experiencing a resurgence of xenophobia recently. Migrants and Roma have been violently attacked by gangs, and people claiming to be “ordinary citizens” have organised marches in racially mixed neighbourhoods to stir up unrest . Against this backdrop, Enrico Rossi, the left-leaning president of Tuscany, has turned what appears to be a rather mundane photograph into a bold political statement. In the photo, Rossi stands flanked by a family of men, women and children. It’s a Sunday afternoon in Florence. “Let me introduce my neighbours” reads the description posted on Facebook. His neighbours are Romanian Roma. Tense times The picture was taken just a few weeks after Matteo Salvini , the new leader of the anti-immigration, anti-EU Northern League, paid a controversial visit to a Roma camp in Bologna to see how “tax money was spent”. Salvini has made reg...