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in afghanistan as a child, made it to the uk and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. his is an extraordinary story. what should we all take from it? waheed arian, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me and for having me here. its a real pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder, how much distance do you feel today as a distinguished doctor in the united kingdom? how much distance do you feel from your childhood and from your homeland, afgha...

hes also told the uk media that he never intended to hurt his family by writing a memoir. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. war and extreme poverty drive millions of people from their homes every year. some of those desperate people try to reach the rich western world where such inward migration routinely prompts fear and draconian countermeasures. do perceptions change when the story of migration is personalised? well, my guest today is waheed aria...

tomorrow and a risk of flooding, up to 100 millimetres on the hills. this is the cloud responsible, which the rocket flight will be flying into as we speak. it is going to be bringing rain quite extensively through the night and into tomorrow, in a cross from the west. and that will be spreading into all but northern and eastern parts by the morning. it is here there will be a touch of frost to start with, a milder start with heavy rain towards parts of western england, wales and north...

is waheed arian, who fled war in afghanistan as a child, made it to the uk and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. his is an extraordinary story. what should we all take from it? waheed arian, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me and for having me here. its a real pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder, how much distance do you feel today as a distinguished doctor in the united kingdom, how much distance do you feel from your childhood...

On refugees, and im very proud to be just one of them working shoulder to shoulder. im here, but not everybody has the opportunity to come and speak with you on hardtalk. but there are so many others. and thats the point, that migrants are dreamers. migrants are people who contribute once theyre given an opportunity. like me, there are so many others who would do the same. in the uk, this is a crisis and the only way to deal with it is to accept there is a crisis. there are so many people who ha...

There is a crisis. there are so many people who have suffered trauma post pandemic health care colleagues in the uk and across the globe the front line, and we havent dealt with it. and now theyre putting through another crisis where the health care system here is crumbling. and im interested, just to sum up, im interested that you use the word crisis about the challenges facing the nhs in the uk, even though im so very aware that in your background you have seen the lack of any sort of effectiv...

Given an opportunity. like me, there are so many others who would do the same. in the uk, this is a crisis and the only way to deal with it is to accept there is a crisis. there are so many people who have suffered trauma post pandemic health care, colleagues in the uk and across the globe the front line, and we havent and now theyre putting through another crisis where the health care system here is crumbling. and im interested, just to sum up, im interested that you use the word crisis about t...

On every shift and i see people in the waiting rooms as well. and that takes me to another point, is that the national health service in the uk and across the globe, the health care system — if we just focus on the health care system — is built on diversity, is built on immigrants, built on refugees, and im very proud to be just one of them working shoulder to shoulder. im here, but not everybody has the opportunity to come and speak with you on hardtalk. but there are so many others. and th...