Mohamed Kamara stands by his single bed behind a small chest of drawers on which he has bags of sweets, fruit and a bottle of soft drink.
He lives in a modest terraced house a mile from the town centre in Nuneaton along with seven other young African men.
His bedroom, which resembles rudimentary university accommodation, is no bigger than 6ft by 8ft but the occupants - all strangers when they arrived - share a spacious modern kitchen, equipped with a double oven, stove and a microwave.
A black marble-effect table is positioned in the middle of the room in front of a black L-shaped sofa in the corner, above which are notices stuck to the wall advising residents in a variety of languages on what to do if their asylum application is successful.
The pebble-dashed property in the once thriving Warwickshire market town now beset with social problems has been Mohamed's home for the last three months.
