I Belong Here

An Analysis of "I belong here"

The author of this story, I Belong Here, is Amin Ahmad. The short story explains his frustration with the British immigration system and why he feels it is wrong. Ahmad is also an immigrant and therefore we can see how he himself relates to a problem that involves himself personally. Being an immigrant from India he describes his sorrow by pointing out the fact that the British had always been able to keep his people out of the United Kingdom. Though this story was written in 2010 it still very much resonates with current events today. The world still faces problems like this all the time, and during this time Ahmad was upset that they made him do an immigrant check and he has been living in the US with his fiancé for a while now. How would you feel if they asked you step aside because of your color or your cultural backgrounds? The point is that we face advisory all the time and more than likely we will always and its harder for those like Amin Ahmad who will be asked for an immigrant check even when he becomes a citizen of the US.

He wants to be perceived as a normal citizen and not looked at differently by others. He feels as if the British still have resentment towards others from India who come to the United Kingdom. In the story he explains the way in which the immigration official takes and feels his passport and the way she tells him to sit on a bench with other immigrants. In the article he states, "I'm not like them, I want to say to the official (Ahmad 38) what he means is that he wasn't like the other immigrants on the bench. The other immigrants looked much like the people in India whereas he lived in the US now so he feels as though he is different. However, as he sits there next to the other immigrants he becomes calm and the other people remind him of his own family and he then states he does belong