His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' unflinchingly portray the systemic struggles of marginalized communities including immigrants navigating hostile bureaucratic systems.

His stark, minimalist approach in films explores the desperation driving Eastern European emigration and the human cost of displacement in contemporary Europe.

His films including 'The Florida Project' and 'Tangerine' center on the invisible, vulnerable populations living on society's margins, many of them immigrants experiencing economic precarity and social exclusion.