British-Ghanaian actress Michaela Coel says Britain is ‘no longer attractive’ to West Africans amid anti-immigration marches which have made her feel ‘more at peace’ in Ghana. In a new interview Coel opened up about life in the UK amid what she describes as ‘odd’ protests over immigration, one of which she watched from her London home. ‘It just seems a bit odd because I don’t think many people are racing to immigrate to the UK like they used to,’ she told The Sunday Times. ‘I think more and more, if people can find a way out – I’m talking particularly for West Africans – they will go. I think the UK has lost the attraction it once had.’

British-Ghanaian actress Michaela Coel says Britain is ‘no longer attractive’ to West Africans amid anti-immigration marches which have made her feel ‘more at peace’ in Ghana.

In a new interview Coel opened up about life in the UK amid what she describes as ‘odd’ protests over immigration, one of which she watched from her London home.

‘It just seems a bit odd because I don’t think many people are racing to immigrate to the UK like they used to,’ she told The Sunday Times. 

‘I think more and more, if people can find a way out – I’m talking particularly for West Africans – they will go. I think the UK has lost the attraction it once had.’

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