Rafael dos Santos took a step down when he moved to Britain.
“I had a really good life in Brazil,” he recalls: he worked for Microsoft, which paid half his university fees, and had his own flat.
But he wanted to learn English, so in 2001 he came here: “I didn’t speak English well, no-one would give me a job, so I had to start washing dishes. I worked as a kitchen porter.”
It was tough, difficult and lonely, he says, but he was determined to make the best of…
Rafael dos Santos took a step down when he moved to Britain.
“I had a really good life in Brazil,” he recalls: he worked for Microsoft, which paid half his…
