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Doctor: I was told to 'go home' after Brexit vote
A doctor has described her "heartbreak" at being asked when she was "going home" after the Brexit vote.
Doctor Rammina Yassaie, from Leeds, has Iranian parents but has lived in the UK her whole life.
She described the moment the man confronted her and said Britain "wasn't [her] country any more."
This clip is originally taken from 5 live Investigates on Sunday 4th September 2016.
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