I currently live in Sweden. Today, I spoke to a Swedish woman (of Kurdish background) whose sister had visited Brighton and lived there for a while. I asked how her sister liked Brighton and her reply was disturbing.

While in Brighton her sister had been shouted at in the streets on several occasions by children telling her: "Imigrants go home".

Finally her sister left Brighton to stay in London, which she found far more friendly.

My point is that, although I live in Sweden, I still get to hear about my home town and what I hear is unlikely to make foreigners want to visit the town.

As Brighton's main source of income and work is the tourist industry, perhaps it would be sensible to welcome visitors.

Tourist or not, this was an upleasant way to treat anyone and not something I care to hear about the town I was born and brought up in.

-Carla Skwarek, Sweden